Places held in image, memory, and landscape
Maple Bridge in Suzhou
The namesake bridge of the canal-side Fengqiao township outside Changmen, a short walk from Hanshan Temple, where Zhang Ji moored and heard the bell.
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A tall red multi-storey pagoda stands in a lakeside garden among pale rockwork, pines and bare-branched trees, with white houses in the distance and its reflection on the water.
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- Night Mooring at Maple BridgePoetryZhang Ji
The moon sets, crows caw, frost fills the sky; river maples and fishermen's lamps face my troubled sleep.