In the eyes of China people, the Mid-Autumn Moon is undoubtedly the roundest, brightest, most beautiful and most touching moon. The moon is the soul of the night and the finishing touch in the night sky; The moon in China culture is not a cold stone or a desolate wasteland, but our spiritual home and the habitat of our soul, which brings us a kind of "gentle joy".

The long-standing moon culture, coupled with the beautiful exploration of the moon by Chang 'e-1, Chang 'e-2 and Chang 'e-3 satellites, shows that the Chinese nation is an extremely pragmatic and imaginative nation, a reserved and passionate nation, a nation that takes care of itself and looks at the universe, and a nation that is hardworking and brave and can fly to the moon.

2. The moon is a symbol of chastity, cleanliness, love and beauty.

"Jiang Tianyi has no dust, and there is a solitary moon wheel in the sky." Moonlight is like water. In the ancient Chinese concept, the moon is the crystallization of water, and water is the soul of the moon, the symbol of chastity and purity, and the embodiment of beauty.

Therefore, Jia Baoyu, the amorous son in A Dream of Red Mansions, said: "Women are made of water and men are made of mud. I feel refreshed when I see my daughter, but dirty when I see men." In the deep structure of China's aesthetics, the moon always reveals a mysterious and eternal female smile. Therefore, in classical poetry, beauty is like the moon, and beauty under the moon is often taken as the basic lyric image.

The crescent moon, like an eyebrow, reminds people of the beautiful woman under the moon standing on the jade steps, which constitutes a quiet and graceful beauty; The misty moon is filled with indescribable sadness, which constitutes a hazy and sad beauty; The flowers and the moon are parted, and the lingering fragrance is lingering, symbolizing the elegant and gorgeous beauty. Endless symbols create endless aesthetic world of the moon, and countless hearts create countless aesthetic images of the moon.

The goddess of love and matchmaker in ancient China were called the old man under the moon. When lovers meet, they often choose the moon, as evidenced by a poem: "Last year, at the Lantern Festival, the flower market lights were like day. On the moon, the willow shoots, and people are about after dusk. " (Zhu Shuzhen's "Yuan Ye") "Stay in the west wing of the moon, and the wind will be half open. The moon is moving, and it is suspected that it is a jade person. " (The West Chamber)

3. The moon is a symbol of eternity

The calligraphy work of the moonlight night on the riverside "whoever sees the moon at the first sight on the riverside shines on people at the beginning of the month." Life is endless from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue looks similar every year. " (Zhang Ruoxu's "Moonlit Night on the Spring River") The moon is sometimes dark and sometimes bright, sometimes full and sometimes absent, and it goes on and on, revealing people's eternal thinking about the universe and the short life.

The moon is so beautiful, so poetic and so graceful, which is deeply loved by everyone in China. The eternal moon has been watching all the sentient beings come and go in China for thousands of years, witnessing the singing and crying of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. She is inseparable from our blood.

From ancient times to the present, human beings have an eternal friend, and that is the moon. It gives light to people in the dark night and warmth to people with bleak life experience; Give courage to those who are alone; Give care to the frustrated. Because of this, it has aroused people's endless imagination and developed into a rich and charming China moon culture.

4. The moon symbolizes mother and women.

"One yin and one yang is the Tao". The concept of Yin and Yang is the starting point of China's ancient philosophy and the initial understanding and interpretation of the world by our ancestors. The Book of Rites says: "Daming was born in the east, and the moon was born in the west. This division of yin and yang is also the position of husband and wife." Daming is the sun, representing men, meaning masculinity, strength and strength; The moon represents women, which means tenderness, femininity, warmth, grace and lingering.

5. The moon is the symbol of the king.

In ancient times, the moon was often a word that kings often talked about. However, most of this king is the king of national subjugation. The representative is Li Yu. As the last monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu lost his country and beauty after being captured. I can only look at the moon and sigh. Sighed for three years and died in the capital of song dynasty.

As emperors who failed in political struggles and wars, they enjoyed more than ten thousand people. At that time, they were the sun, the existence that thousands of people admired and could not look directly at. But now, down and out, they dare not call themselves the sun again. I can only pin my loss on the moon.

It seems that the sky is full of stars, and the stars arch the moon. But the moon can never appear in the daytime, even at night, and sometimes it hides behind the clouds. When the emperor reached this stage, he was really alone.

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