武陵 is home to the fisherman of
陶渊明's 《
桃花源记》, so the name calls up a hidden paradise.
李清照's poem to the tune, written around 1135 after she had lost her husband and fled south, is the source of
物是人非, and it ends on boats too small to carry her grief:
载不动许多愁 'they cannot carry so much sorrow'.
