Four ancient poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival:
1. "Chang'e" - Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty
The candle shadow on the mica screen is deep, and the morning stars are gradually falling on the long river. Shen.
Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, and her heart will be filled with blue sea and blue sky every night.
Interpretation: The candle shadow reflects deeply on the mica screen, the Milky Way gradually sinks, and the morning star gradually disappears. Chang'e regretted being lonely and secretly taking the elixir. Facing the blue sea and blue sky, I miss the world day and night.
2. "Looking at the Moon on the Fifteenth Night and Mailing it to Dr. Du" - Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty
Crows roost on the white trees in the courtyard, and the cold dew wets the sweet-scented osmanthus silently.
Tonight, when the moon is bright and everyone looks around, I don’t know who is missing my autumn thoughts.
Interpretation: Magpies and crows live on the snow-white trees on the courtyard floor, and the autumn dew silently wets the osmanthus flowers in the courtyard. Tonight, people are all looking up at the bright moon in the sky. I wonder whose house this autumn feeling falls on?
3. "Mid-Autumn Moon" - Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
The dusk clouds are all gone and overflowing with coldness, the silver man turns the jade plate silently,
This night in this life is not long. Okay, where can I see the bright moon next year?
Interpretation: As night falls, the clouds disappear, the sky and the earth are filled with cold air, the Milky Way flows silently, and the bright moon turns to the sky, as white and crystal clear as a jade plate. Every Mid-Autumn Festival night in my life, the moonlight is mostly hidden by wind and clouds, and I rarely encounter such beautiful scenery as today. It is really rare! But next year's Mid-Autumn Festival, where will I watch the moon?
4. "Mid-Autumn Moon" - Song Dynasty - Yan Shu
Ten rounds of frost shadows turn around the courtyard, and people are alone in the corner this evening.
It may not be that Su'e has no regrets, the jade toad is cold and the sweet-scented osmanthus is lonely.
Interpretation: Under the moonlight, the shadows of the sycamore trees move unconsciously as time goes by, still facing the corner alone on this reunion night. Chang'e in the Moon Palace may not feel regretful now. After all, the only ones accompanying her are the cold Moon Palace and the lonely laurel tree.
5. "Looking at the Moon at the Moonlight on the Night of August 12th" - Yang Wanli from the Song Dynasty
It was just around the corner from the Mid-Autumn Festival that the moon had cleared, and a cloud of ice hung on the crow-green curtain.
Suddenly I feel that tonight, the moon is not clinging to the sky alone.
Interpretation: It is just approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full, and it seems to be a ball of ice hanging on the crow-green curtain. Suddenly, I felt that the moon tonight was traveling alone in a space isolated from the sky.
6. "Thoughts on a Quiet Night" - Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
The moonlight was shining brightly in front of the bed, and it was suspected to be frost on the ground.
Look up at the bright moon and lower your head to think about your hometown.
Interpretation: The bright moonlight shines on the window paper in front of the bed, as if there is a layer of frost on the ground. I couldn't help but raise my head and look at the bright moon in the sky outside the window that day. I couldn't help but lower my head and think about my hometown far away.