Translation of "Fang Qi is far from Haimen, just like a silver line" in Watching the Tide.

When the tide surges from the mouth of Qiantang River, it looks almost like a silvery white line.

Watching the Tide is an essay carefully written by writers in the Southern Song Dynasty. This paper describes the beauty of nature and humanity by describing what the author saw and heard before, during and after the high tide in Qiantang River, as well as the grand occasion of tide watching.

With a very concise pen and ink, four paragraphs describe the spectacular scene of the tide, the moving scene of the water army exercise, the heroic attitude of the tidal athletes and the amazement of the tidal crowd, which makes the readers immersive.

Full text appreciation:

In addition to narration, this article is more about description, which vividly reproduces all the raging waves in Zhejiang, naval exercises, Wu's frolic in the waves, soldiers and the royal family's tide watching. The author is good at grasping the main characteristics of the object of description and deliberately rendering it, so he can draw a vivid tide-watching scene with extremely economical pen and ink and become a short and pithy sketch.

This article begins with two sentences: "The tide in Zhejiang is a grand view of the world. Focus on the big picture, put pen to paper, and give people a general impression first. Coupled with "from hope to eighteen, the most prosperous", it leads to a typical scene.

Then turn to a concentrated description: "Fang Qi is far away from Haimen, just like a silver line; As soon as I approached, Yucheng Snow Ridge came from the International Day. The sound was like thunder, shocking and lashing, swallowing the sky and the day, from far and near, from hue to momentum, orderly and full of real life atmosphere.