1. Beautiful and mysterious legends about the moon god from various countries
"Moon Goddess" is the free translation of the English name of Japan's lunar exploration satellite. It also has a nickname in Japan - "Kaguya". The name is taken from "Kaguya-hime", the beautiful moon princess in Japanese folklore.
"Kaguya" is the protagonist in the ancient Japanese legend "The Tale of Bamboo". She is a beautiful girl who was born on the moon and then fell into the mortal world. Legend has it that an old man who cut bamboo found a cute girl in the bamboo core and took her home to raise her. After 3 months, the girl grew into a young girl with unparalleled beauty and was named "Kaguya Princess".
Every man in the world dreams of having "Kaguya" as his wife, and many princes and grandsons hang around the old man's house all day long. "Kaguya" proposes to marry someone who can find the treasure she loves but is difficult to obtain, so that none of the suitors can do so. The emperor who appeared at the end wanted to use his power to forcefully marry "Princess Kaguya" but failed. "Kaguya" welcomes the messenger from the Moon Palace on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival and returns to the moon where she belongs.
For the Japanese, "Kaguya" is a character they have been familiar with since childhood. The moon princess, who is quiet, witty and contemptuous of the powerful, tells the children what beauty, ugliness, illusion and immortality are.
America: Revenge of "Apollo"
"Apollo" is the name of the American moon landing program. In ancient legends, the sun god Apollo was the son of Zeus and the dark goddess Leto, and the brother of the moon goddess Artemis. Apollo rules light, poetry and music.
According to Greek mythology, Leto was driven around by the queen Hera. Finally, Poseidon, the god of the sea, took pity on her and lifted Tiluo Island from the sea for her to live in. On the island, she gave birth to twin siblings Artemis and Apollo. Later, Apollo used a golden arrow to kill the giant python that had persecuted his mother and avenge his mother.
In the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 20th century, the United States was at a disadvantage. In order to reverse this situation, the United States proposed the "Apollo" moon landing plan. In 1961, Soviet astronaut Gagarin entered space for the first time. When President Kennedy learned about it, he said angrily: "This is another shameful insult to the American nation after the Soviet Union's first artificial earth satellite was launched into space!" In order to meet the challenge, Americans Determined to revive the glory of science and technology at all costs. It is profound that the U.S. government chose to name the moon landing program after the sun god.
Europe: "Intelligence" does not require myths
The European Space Agency launched the Smart 1 lunar probe on September 28, 2003, setting it on its journey to the moon. . After 13 months of flight, it finally entered orbit around the moon, thus kicking off the European lunar exploration program.
Europe’s moon culture is naturally deeply influenced by ancient Greek mythology. The legendary moon goddess Artemis is one of the twelve main gods of Olympus in Greece. She fell in love with a man in the world, but in order to avoid opposition from other gods, she hid the man in a cave; in order to satisfy herself Eternal love, she let this man sleep forever, not letting other women know.
In the eyes of Europeans, the moon represents "eternal possession" and also embodies one aspect of the Western outlook on life - selfishness and claiming. Understanding this meaning of the moon, people can understand why Europe did not put the name of the moon god in the lunar exploration plan.
India: The moon god is a man
India’s lunar probe is named "chandrayan (meaning moon rover)". In India, the "Moon God" is called chandra, which means "bright and dazzling".
Indian scholars believe that the God of the Moon is a male with four hands, one holding a scepter, one holding the immortal dew, the third holding a lotus, and the remaining one. One hand is in defensive position. The three-wheeled chariot he drove was pulled by antelopes or ten horses as white as jasmine flowers.
In legend, the God of the Moon married 27 daughters of another god in addition to his original wife, representing the 27-day cycle of the moon. His doting on his first wife aroused the jealousy of his other wives, who complained to their father, who then infected his son-in-law with leprosy. 27 The wives felt that their husbands were pitiful and asked their father for mercy. The father cannot remove the curse, but he can ease the pain. Therefore, the moon gradually changes from silvery white to gray, then disappears, and then returns to silvery white, forming a cloudy and sunny circle.
Westerners use the solar calendar, while Indians use the lunar calendar. Indians celebrate birthdays not based on their birth date, but based on the shape of the moon in the month of birth. A bright moon is considered the best and a dim moon is considered evil. Indians believe that if a child is born on a full moon, the child will have friendship, money, power and fame, and will be respected. Even Indians say when praying: "The moon will bless us with safety throughout our lives!"
Russia: The moon god loves to quarrel
In Russian folklore, the sun and the moon are personified as husband and wife relationship, in which the moon god is likened to a male. When winter comes every year, the earth is covered with white snow, and everything is lifeless. At this time, the Moon God had to separate from his lover, the Sun God, and promised to meet again next summer. The two went their separate ways and heard nothing from each other.
Every time on Ivanov Day (June 24th or July 7th), everything revives. The Sun God dresses up carefully, puts on a festive dress and a shield-shaped headdress, and goes to meet the sun. The moon god reunited after a long absence, singing and singing along the way, and spreading his dazzling light to the earth. After the Moon God and the Sun God met, they told each other about the pain of separation and loved each other. The sky is also bright and the sun is shining brightly.
However, as the days passed, the couple often quarreled, and the sky became dark and cloudy, with lightning and thunder. As the argument raged, an earthquake and tsunami struck the ground. In the hearts of Russians, the Moon God has a strong self-esteem and is naturally aggressive. Every quarrel with the Sun God is the Moon God's fault. Looking at it this way, it would be difficult to name Russia after the moon god when it officially starts its moon landing program.
2. Poems about the moon
When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for wine;
When will the spring and spring flowers and autumn moon come? How much do you know about the past?
Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, and the blue sea and blue sky are in her heart every night;
On the willow branches above the moon, people meet after dusk;
The bright moon among the pines illuminates the upper stream of the clear spring rocks; < /p>
There is bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspecting it is frost on the ground;
A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any blind date, raising a glass to invite the bright moon, making three people in the shadow;
The bright moon shines on my shadow and sends me to the Yan River;
Wu Zhi sleeps and leans on the laurel tree, with his feet exposed and the wet cold rabbit flies sideways;
The sound of chickens sounds in the Maodian moon, and people leave Banqiao Frost;
Speechless, I went up to the west building alone, the moon was like a hook;
Too many!
The most beautiful moon chanting is Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night":
The spring river tide reaches the sea level, and the bright moon rises in the sea. The twinkling waves follow the waves for thousands of miles, but there is no moon on the spring river anywhere. The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlight shines on the flowers and forests like snowflakes. Frost is flying in the sky unknowingly, and the white sand on the pavilion cannot be seen. The river and the sky were completely dustless, and there was only a solitary moon in the bright sky. Who by the river saw the moon for the first time? When did Jiang Yue shine on people? Life is endless from generation to generation, but the river and the moon are only similar year after year. I don’t know who Jiang Yue is waiting for, but I see the Yangtze River sending water. The white clouds are slowly disappearing, and the green maple pond is full of sorrow. Whose family is cheating tonight? Where do I miss Mingyue Tower? The poor moon wanders upstairs and should be seen in the dressing mirror. The jade door curtain cannot be rolled away, and it comes back when the clothes are smashed and brushed on the anvil. At this time, we look at each other but do not hear each other. I hope that the moonlight will shine on you. The swans fly long and fast, and the fishes and dragons dive and jump into the water. Last night, I dreamed of falling flowers in the pond, but it was a pity that I didn’t return home in the middle of spring. The spring water in the river is gone, and the moon has set in the west again. The slanting moon hides the sea fog, and the Jieshi and Xiaoxiang roads are endless. I don’t know how many people are returning by the moon. The falling moon shakes the trees all over the river with love.
This Yuefu poem is highly regarded in ancient literature. There are only 13 moon characters in the whole poem, and it is known as a work that describes the moon's transformation from decay into magic. The whole poem rises and falls with the rise and fall of the moon. In the poem, the wanderer's longing for his wife is also highlighted by the moonlight. The moonlight shines everywhere, giving the whole poem a layer of emptiness and psychedelic atmosphere. The colors create a beautiful, profound, clear and charming artistic conception. For example: the river and the sea grow with the tide, the moon rises with the tide, the water, light and moonlight complement each other, and the thousands of miles of spring river is in a clear and clear state, majestic and fascinating.
The two sentences "Moon Shining" and "In the Sky" use two metaphors to express the bright, bright, soft and delicate moonlight. It is very appropriate. The sentence "Ting Shang" expresses the whiteness of the moonlight through the invisible white sand.