Plum Shadows on Pingshan

　　    According to the *Qingyang County Annals*, to the south of Daban Mountain (now within Banzhuang Village, Qiaohe Township) there stands a cliff several zhang high, from which two plum trees cast shadows: resembling old trunks and lofty branches, descending along the mountain, while trailing vines hang upward onto the ridge. On clear, sunny afternoons, the shadows appear faint and elusive. Sometimes during overcast or rainy weather, they seem like white waterfalls or rabbits, flickering in and out of view. Zhang Jiugao, the magistrate of Anhua County in the Ming Dynasty, composed a poem titled “Plum Shadows on Pingshan,” which has been recorded in historical texts and passed down to this day.

　　 How many years have these plums graced Pingshan’s heights?

　　 Folklore speaks of celestial sons, yet I believe they must be heavenly sprites.

　　 Shifting through yin and yang, appearing and vanishing between heaven and earth.

　　 A divine brush interprets nature, freely sketching the mortal realm.