
Li Bai wrote a famous night poem.
李白写过一首很有名的静夜诗。
It starts with "bright moonlight before my bed".
诗一开头,就是“床前明月光”。
Most people think the bed is for sleeping.
大家都以为,这个床是睡觉的床。
But scholars think it may mean a well rail.
可学者们觉得,它很可能指井栏。
Old yards had a well beside the house.
古时候的院子里,都有一口井。
People sat by the well rail at night.
夜里,人们就坐在井栏边乘凉。
So the moon shone on the well, not the bed.
这么说,月光照的是井栏哦。