Looking down at the rolling waters of the mighty Yangtze and up at the bamboo-clad mountains as he rode towards Huangzhou in the year 1080, Su Dongpo composed these lines: "Seeing the river's broad curves, I sense her fine fish / The slopes swathed in bamboo remind me of their fragrant planning his next meal.
元豐三年，蘇東坡策馬到黃州途中，俯瞰浩浩江水，仰視群山上的竹林，「長江繞郭知魚美，好竹連山覺筍香」，他老兄已算計著將來的口食。