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12 May 2007

[Self] 赤壁

Really need to make that trip to China in autumn. And one of the places that is a MUST GO is 赤壁。

So did some googling and found the following:
赤壁有文赤壁和武赤壁两处。其中文赤壁在湖北黄冈市境内,武赤壁在湖北省蒲圻市(今赤壁市)境内。赤壁遗址位于赤壁市西北36公里的长江南岸,隔江与乌林相望,陆水由其东注入长江。赤壁是著名的古战场,东汉建安十三年(208年),刘备孙权联合,大破曹操于此,这就是历史上有名的赤壁之战
... and the site had this poem from 苏轼 which stirred up memories of Chinese classes and 名句精华, of which I only remember the first line but that's the beauty of the ancient text.

念奴娇·赤壁怀古
大江东去,浪淘尽,千古风流人物。
故垒西边,人道是:三国周郎赤壁。
乱石穿空,惊涛拍岸,卷起千堆雪。
江山如画,一时多少豪杰。

遥想公瑾当年,小乔初嫁了,雄姿英发。
羽扇纶巾,谈笑间,樯橹灰飞烟灭。
故国神游,多情应笑我,早生华发。
人生如梦,一尊还酹江月。

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