Mid-Autumn Night means: a bright moon rises in the sky, and it is said that every place is the same moonlight. Who knows that thousands of miles away, there is no storm? A Mid-Autumn Night is a five-character quatrain written by Li Qiao, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. Although this poem is short, it has profound implications.
Original text:
The round spirit is cold and empty, and all the words are the same.
Know that thousands of miles away, there is no rain and wind?
Creative background:
Mid-Autumn Festival full moon is not round, raise a glass to look at the moon and hold hands. Watching the Mid-Autumn Night alone, I drank my sorrows away. Just for a happy tomorrow, wandering in a foreign land for another year. The Mid-Autumn Festival full moon night is the time for family reunion, but it can't be reunited because of wandering outside. This word is obvious, reflecting the author's homesickness and concern for his relatives.
On the full moon night in Mid-Autumn Festival, tell the moon about the bitterness of lovesickness. This poem, with the theme of chanting the moon, reveals a truth: things in the world are very different and ever-changing, and they cannot all be the same. Just like the mid-autumn night, there is a bright moon here, but it is stormy elsewhere.
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as "Moon Festival", "Autumn Festival", "Mid-Autumn Festival", "August Festival", "Moon Chasing Festival", "Moon Worship Festival", "Daughter's Day" and "Reunion Festival", is popular among many ethnic groups in China. Because it is just half the value of Sanqiu, it is named. It is said that the moon is the biggest, roundest and brightest this night. Since ancient times, people have the custom of drinking and enjoying the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival night, and the daughter-in-law who returns to her mother's house will return to her husband's house every day to show her perfection and auspicious celebration.
It originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, prevailed after the Song Dynasty, and was called the four traditional festivals in China together with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the moon in autumn and evening in ancient times. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine.