Famous quotes about "Mid-Autumn Festival":

1. A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date. Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and make three people in the shadows. The moon doesn't know how to drink, and its shadow follows me. For now, the moon will be shadowed, and we must have fun until spring. My singing moon lingers, my dancing shadows are scattered. ——Li Bai's "Drinking Alone under the Moon"?

2. When will the bright moon come? Ask the sky for wine. I don’t know what year it is in the palace in the sky... People have joys and sorrows, separation and reunion, and the moon waxes and wanes. This matter is difficult to complete in ancient times. I hope that people will live long and travel thousands of miles to meet Chanjuan. ——Su Shi's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou"?

3. There is a bright moon on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time. Lovers complain about the distant night, but they start to miss each other at night! - Zhang Jiuling's "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan"?

4. The autumn light is long and the journey is long, and the orchids, osmanthus and osmanthus are fragrant in the sky. The moon is bright and round, people are thousands of miles away, the wind is strong and the sail is light and the swallows are traveling together. ——Zhang Huangyan's "Zhou Ci Mid-Autumn Festival"?

5. Crows roost on the white trees in the atrium, and the cold dew wets the sweet-scented osmanthus silently. Tonight, when the moon is bright and everyone looks at it, I wonder who is missing in autumn thoughts? - Wang Jian's "Looking at the Moon on the Fifteenth Night"

6. In the west of the city, the boat is moored at dusk, and we start towards the long bridge to see the full moon. Gradually, you can see the smoke and floating grass in the distance, and suddenly you are in front of the falling eaves of a high pavilion. ——Xu Wei's "Arrived in Jianning on the 15th Night"

7. Yesterday the wind blew and no one was there, but tonight the light is as clear as in previous years. ——Bai Juyi "Looking at the Moon in the Pavilion on the Night of August 15th"

8. Ten frost shadows turn around the courtyard, and this evening, people are alone in the corner. Su'e may not be without regrets, but the jade toad is cold and the sweet-scented osmanthus is lonely. ——Yan Shu's "Mid-Autumn Moon"

9. Don't be ashamed of poverty in the southern capital, and there are several people who write poems about the moon. ——Su Shi's "Seeing the Moon and Ziyou in the Mid-Autumn Festival"

10. Raise your glass when the moon comes, and breathe out the fragrant bottle into the green net. Worship the falling stars, and make appointments with the bright moon. ——Wen Tianxiang "Introduction to the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet"

Extended information:

1. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. According to historical records, the term "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book "Zhou Rites". In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "ordering the minister to suppress the cattle confusion, and on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, the left and right people were incognito and flooded the river". It was not until the early Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. "Book of Tang·Taizong Ji" records the "Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th".

2. The popularity of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become as famous as the Spring Festival and became one of the major festivals in China. This is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.

3. According to the Chinese calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn and is the second month of autumn. It is called "Zhongqiu", and the fifteenth day of August is in the middle of "Zhongqiu", so it is called "Zhongqiu". "Mid-Autumn Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival has many nicknames: because the festival falls on August 15th, it is called "August Festival" and "August Half"; because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all centered around the "month", it is also commonly known as "Moon Festival" "Moon Eve";

4. The full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes reunion, so it is also called the "Reunion Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called the "Duanzheng Month". Records about the "Reunion Festival" first appeared in the Ming Dynasty. "West Lake Tour Notes" says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send mooncakes to each other to symbolize reunion."

5. "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also says: "On the 15th day of the eighth month, when worshiping the moon, the cakes must be round, the melons must be divided with crooked teeth, and the petals should be carved like lotus flowers. ... If there is a woman who has returned to peace, I must return to my husband's house on this day, which is called the Reunion Festival."