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Evening Ferry on the Guoshui River

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Mengcheng is situated close to the Guoshui River. In the old days, there was no bridge over the river, so people relied on ferries to travel across. When the sun sets in the west and the afterglow spills onto the ancient ferry, it creates a uniquely beautiful scene. Birds circle overhead above the riverside woods, moored boats line up with smoke rising from their stoves, the shimmering river glitters golden, distant sails dot the horizon, and the ferries create ripples of gold as they come and go. The view resembles a moving…

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Mengcheng is situated close to the Guoshui River. In the old days, there was no bridge over the river, so people relied on ferries to travel across. When the sun sets in the west and the afterglow spills onto the ancient ferry, it creates a uniquely beautiful scene. Birds circle overhead above the riverside woods, moored boats line up with smoke rising from their stoves, the shimmering river glitters golden, distant sails dot the horizon, and the ferries create ripples of gold as they come and go. The view resembles a moving and touching picture. Tian Benpei, the magistrate of Mengcheng during the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem about it:

The setting sun hangs low o’er the light boat,

By the misty river at the ancient moat.