The most classic poems describing the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month are as follows:

1, "Lantern Festival"

Author: Tang Yin.

It is not entertaining to have a lamp without a moon, and it is not spring to have a moon without a lamp.

Spring is like jade on earth, and the moon is like silver under the burning lamps.

The streets are full of pearl and jade, and the streets are full of pianos and songs.

If you don't show your honor and open your mouth to laugh, how can you get rid of this good time?

Translation:

This kind of night, if there is only a brilliant light and lack of bright moon, there is no way to have fun, and this kind of night, if there is only a bright moon and no brilliant light, there is no way to think of spring.

Spring comes to earth with light steps, beauty is like flowers, colorful lamps with a joyful smile burning the moon, the moon is like water like silver.

The street is full of jewels and emeralds glittering, that is the village girl of spring tour, the song is loud and clear, the sheng pipe is melodious, that is the boy in the race of the social god.

If you don't have fun and have a good laugh, how can you afford such an auspicious day?

2. The Night Lights on the Fifteenth Day of the First Moon

Author: Zhang Hu.

Thousands of doors are unlocked and ten thousand lamps are lit, and the imperial capital is moved in the middle of the first month.

Three hundred inner men danced with their sleeves, and the sound of words was heard in the sky for a while.

Translation:

On the Lantern Festival, thousands of families stepped out of their homes, and countless lanterns were lit up in the streets, as if the whole Kyoto was shaken.

Countless palace maidens danced the Lianxiang dance to their heart's content, and the sound of earthly songs, dances, and music went straight up to the clouds and reached the heavens.

3. "Observing the Lanterns on the Fifteenth Night"

Author: Lu Zhaolin.

Jinli opened a fragrant feast, and the orchid jar was colorful in the early years.

Adorned colors are far away from the ground, and the light is far away from the sky.

The stars are falling from the sky, and the moon is hanging from the building.

There is another smile that comes to reflect the nine branches.

Translation:

In the colorful light, the couple held a banquet to celebrate, and under the exquisite lamps, the young people look more bright and beautiful.

The brilliant colors of the lights seemed to separate the earth from a distance, and the many lights dotted the sky from afar.

Connecting the sky and the river of lights and fireworks seem to be stars falling down, leaning against the lights of the high-rise building seems to be the moon hanging in the air.

And the beautiful smiles of beautiful women reflected in the firelight of the nine branches.

The Tang Dynasty Lantern Festival and Lantern Poetry:

Since the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival festival elements gradually get rid of the previous superstitious taboos of the mysterious atmosphere, not only in the court, but also in the folk are increasingly popular, and gradually transformed into a carnival entertainment type of festival. The grand, carnival festival, to the emperors and nobles, scribes and writers great creative inspiration and desire, and therefore left a large number of poems related to the Lantern Festival.

According to rough statistics, among more than 48,900 poems by more than 2,200 poets in the Tang Dynasty included in the All-Tang Dynasty Poems compiled by the Qing Dynasty, there are 66 poems related to the Lantern Festival.

Poetry creators ranged from emperors, such as Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Wenzong, down to ordinary scribes and scholars. With the help of their own brush, they depicted a vivid picture of the Lantern Festival with moonlight and lights, fire trees and silver flowers, precious horses and cars, songs and dances.