Because of "A Night Mooring by Maple Bridge", many people go to Hanshan Temple every New Year's Eve to hear the bell.
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The whole poem: 月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。 'The moon sets, crows caw, frost fills the sky; river maples and fishing lights keep my troubled sleep company. From Hanshan Temple outside the walls of Gusu, the midnight bell reaches the traveller's boat.'
history
Maple Bridge is in the west of 苏州, beside 寒山寺. The poem made the temple bell famous, and its New Year's Eve bell-ringing now draws visitors from all over China and from Japan, where the poem is also widely known.
