On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is bright and clear. The full moon is regarded as a symbol of reunion and the emotional connection of literati. The following are famous lines related to the bright moon and the Mid-Autumn Festival excerpted from poems from past dynasties.
A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any 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"
The bright moon rises above the Tianshan Mountains, among the vast sea of ??clouds. The wind blows tens of thousands of miles across Yumen Pass. -Li Bai's "Guan Shan Yue"
The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the bright moon, lower your head to think about your hometown. -Li Bai's "Quiet Night Thoughts"
The bright moon rises 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 "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan"
The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown. - Du Fu's "Remembering My Brother-in-law on a Moonlit Night"
The bright moon hangs in the autumn sky, moistened by the dew. The startled magpies have not yet settled down, and the flying fireflies roll in behind the curtain. -Meng Haoran's "Autumn Night and the Moonlight"
On the night of August 15th of the past year, I was beside the apricot garden by the Qujiang Pool. On the night of August 15th this year, in front of the Shatou Water Museum in Penpu. Where is the hometown to the northwest? How many times is the moon full to the southeast? Yesterday the wind blew and no one was there, but tonight the light is as clear as in previous years. -Bai Juyi "Watching the Moon in the Pavilion on the Night of August 15th"
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 out, I wonder who is missing in autumn? -Wang Jian's "Looking at the Moon on the Fifteenth Night"
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"
When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for wine. I don’t know what year it is today in the palace in the sky... People have joys and sorrows, 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"
The bright moon is easy to be low and people are easy to disperse. When you return to drink, you will watch it again. The moonlight in front of the hall becomes clearer and clearer, and the grass in the throat is humming and the grass is dew. There is no one in the room after the rolling curtain is pushed open, except for the old man Chu who is mute under the window. Don't be ashamed of poverty in Nandu. There are several people who write poems about the moon. -Su Shi's "Seeing the Moon and Ziyou in the Mid-Autumn Festival"
The dusk clouds have gathered up and overflowed with the cold, and the silver man turned the jade plate silently. This night in this life will not last long. Where can I see the bright moon next year? - Su Shi's "Mid-Autumn Moon"
The Huaihai Sea is as full as silver, and thousands of rainbow lights nurture the treasures of clams. If there is no moon door in the sky, the osmanthus branches will support the westward wheel. - Mi Fu's "Climbing the Tower to Look at the Moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival"
Hurry up to the west tower, fearing that the sky will release and the floating clouds will cover the moon. But if you call for a jade fiber flute and blow it, it will crack... If you have a long and round night like this, the favor may not be appreciated. -Xin Qiji's "The River is Red"
Wait for the moon and raise your glass, calling the fragrant bottle into the green sky. Worship the falling stars, and make appointments with the bright moon. -Wen Tianxiang's "Return to Dong Tiju to Invite a Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet"
Sailing at dusk in the west of the city, we set off 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 "Arrival in Jianning on the Fifteenth Night"
The autumn scenery is light and the road is long, and the fragrance of orchid, osmanthus and osmanthus is overwhelming. 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 "Mid-Autumn Festival"
Looking at the bright moon*** at this time - a collection of Mid-Autumn customs in Asian countries
Looking at the bright moon at this time***, celebrating the festival and getting to know each other. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some countries in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia, especially the overseas Chinese living there. Although it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the customs of different countries are different, and the various forms express people's infinite love for life and longing for a better future.