山行

Shānxíng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Mountain Walk, Du Mu's quatrain on maple woods in autumn
  2. 2 to travel in the mountains

Examples

HSK 6
Gǔrén shānxíng, chángcháng yì zǒu jiùshì hǎojǐ tiān.
When people of old travelled through the mountains, one trip often took several days.
HSK 7-9
Dù Mù de 《 Shānxíng 》 xiě de shì qiūtiān shān lǐ de fēngyè.
Du Mu's "Mountain Walk" is about maple leaves in the autumn hills.

Tips

culture
The whole poem: 远上寒山石径斜,白云生处有人家。停车坐爱枫林晚,霜叶红于二月花。 'Far up the cold mountain the stone path slants; where white clouds rise there are homes. I stop my carriage, for I love the maple wood at dusk: its frosted leaves are redder than the flowers of spring.'
mistakes
In the third line 坐 means 'because', not 'to sit': the poet stops the carriage because he loves the maples, not to sit and look at them.

Stroke Order

山 shān
行 xíng