Five ancient bright moon poems: three or five bright moons full, bright moons and bright nights
Ancient poetry, in the history of Chinese literature, refers to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and contains the poems of the Han Dynasty that began with their own words. It is the source of Chinese poetry. See how the people of ancient times described the moon and moonlight.
Moon, the oracle bone of the Shang Dynasty, is written in the shape of a half moon. The Shang Dynasty dates back 3600 years. In fact, from the eyes of big history, it is not far away. However, it is believed that the Shang Dynasty was not the first era to use writing, and in the Xia Dynasty before him, there was the famous "Yu Punishment" passed down to later generations, and in the ancient Yellow Emperor era before the Xia Dynasty, there was already a perfect Jiazi calendar. Their writing and culture always have a carrier to spread and circulate.
So how did people at that time write the moon?
But the moon character of the Shang Dynasty was already very beautiful, in order to distinguish the sun, writing the moon in the shape of a half moon, simple and easy to use, this is the moon, although it still has a full moon twelve or more times a year. This half-moon-shaped character still retains faint traces of antiquity, with the curvature of the crescent moon.
The Book of Poetry is considered to be a collection of poems from the Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, not far from the Shang Dynasty, and this earliest record of poetry already has a vivid moon poem.
"The moon is shining brightly, and the people are good at it."
Shu Miao, tired and quiet.
The moonrise is bright, and the people are stubborn.
Shu Shu was embarrassed and worried.
The moonrise shines brightly, and the people are burning.
Shu Yao Shao was miserable. "The Book of Verses "Moonrise"
This is the earliest bright moon in poetry. The moon came out, the moonlight was bright, the girl and the girl also appeared, step by step. She was pounding my heart.
This has a typical folk song, repeating the lyrical melody, describing the moon, with a bright, white, bright, shining, it is a huge and beautiful night scene, the moonlight flows, the figure of the girl looks in the moonlight, beautiful and soothing. Who is it, not far away, watching, enduring inner torment?
There is reason to believe that this is the autumn moon, the ancient people's living materials and technology are limited, make full use of the skylight, this can leisurely appear in the moonlight of the beautiful woman, she is a noble girl, is the autumn night sacrifice witch, or the autumn night rally in the village girl?
We remember the beautiful moonlight and silhouettes. All love, later may forget your appearance, but clearly remember the details of the original scenery, that day there was the most beautiful bright moonlight.
Chinese poetry describes the moon as bright, Hao, all from here.
Qu Yuan, who was a little later, also wrote about the moon, but it was a side note.
"What the hell is going on? Twelve points?
Sun Moon Ann genus? Lexing Ann Chen?
From Yutani, second only to Mongkutsu.
Self-evident and obscure, how many miles have you traveled?
Luminous Ho tak, death and fertility?
Julie Wei He, and Gu Rabbit in the belly?" Qu Yuan's "Heavenly Question"
People are small under the sun and the moon, and when you are personally powerless to change your destiny, the mountains and rivers and the sun and moon are a strong and ruthless background. As an official of the upper echelons of the Chu State, Qu Yuan himself should have feared nature. However, the Chu kingdom was about to perish, and he had no choice but to question the heavens and the gods. Where is the end of that day, why is the sun moving according to the twelve trajectories of the ecliptic, what are you doing with the sun and the moon, and who is guiding you to display in the sky? The sun comes out of Yutani and falls in the sea at night, how many miles do you have to travel in a day?
And the moon, the moon, what kind of virtue and mana do you have, every month you die, and then you regenerate every month?
Is it because you are in charge of fertility and protecting the toad or rabbit in your belly?
Although the moon is not written here, a luminous Hede has fully written that the moon is the brightest light source in the dark night. One night of each month it disappears as if it were dead, but on the second night it is resurrected and slowly grows into a full moon.
Here to write the moon, indeed carefully observed, because there are black spots in the moon, the Chu people believe that the moon is a huge toad essence, every month the toad will die and then regenerate, because it has a super regeneration and reproduction ability.
Qu Yuan's questioning is naturally to say that there is a god in creation but ruthless, and he sits idly by and lets the variables of the human world go unchecked.
But the moon is an unshakable and pure being, and the moonlight sees the tears in his heart.
Later generations, the use of "luminous light" to describe the moon and moonlight, came from here. For example, the "Nineteen Ancient Poems" of the Han Dynasty has "bright moon and bright night light, promoting the weaving of the east wall." ”
The Nineteen Ancient Poems of the Han Dynasty has three capitals involving the moon, and the time period is very interesting, all of which are written about the moon in autumn and winter.
"Bright moon and bright night light, promoting the weaving of the east wall."
Yuheng refers to Meng Dong, the stars and calendars.
White dew stains weeds, and the seasons change suddenly.
Among the autumn cicadas singing in the trees, the birds pass away and are comfortable. "Nineteen Ancient Poems of the Han Dynasty" Bright moon and bright night light
Although the poem says that the Big Dipper is facing the Mengdong season, the poem is written in the scenery and phenology of early autumn and mid-autumn. Historians say that the Han Dynasty experienced a relatively warm climate period, or it can be explained that there were autumn cicadas and swallows during the Mengdong season.
Weaving appears in courtyards, usually in the eighth and ninth months of the lunar calendar. And the ancient name of promoting the weaving of this cricket can also show that the Han Dynasty attached importance to weaving, and during this period, it was an important season for women's weaving, and often at night, these grass worms accompanied the sound of weaving.
The moonlight of that autumn night is like frost and snow, and in ancient times it was a substitute for light.
How bright the moon is, so that the night is full of light, the sound of crickets, the loom busy.
The Big Dipper in that sky points to the coming of winter, the ephemeris calendar.
Meng Dong was cold, and the north wind was miserable.
I know the length of the night and look up at the audience.
Three or five bright moons are full, and four or five toad rabbits are missing. "Nineteen ancient poems "Meng Dong Cold Qi"
This one is the cold arrival of Meng Dong, or the transformation of autumn and winter, or just after a short storm.
The north can feel the rapid heating of the north wind even more.
But after a cold wind, it was the cool weather in the early winter.
You can see the bright moon colors and brilliant stars that are difficult to see in other seasons.
Three-five refers to the fifteen nights of the full moon, and the three-five of the full moon described in later poems was also here at the earliest.
On the fifteenth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the bright moon is perfect, but after this day, the moon is missing.
The use of toads and rabbits here shows that the ancient Chu lunar toad and the Central Plains Chang'e running moon myth have merged into one by the Han Dynasty.
The bright object in the night sky is Jupiter, and the Milky Way is a beam of stars in the night sky, which is a kind of scene of our own spiral galaxy
"Bright Moon He Jiaojiao, according to my bed latitude."
Sorrow can not sleep, wrapped up and wandered.
Although the guest line is happy, it is better to return early.
Wandering alone, worried about who to sue!
The leader also entered the room, and the clothes were stained with tears. "Nineteen ancient poems Bright Moon He Jiaojiao."
In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, a powerful empire once brought wealth and stability to people, but at this time it had declined. Countless people were conscripted into wars, and countless people went far away to make a living, leaving their wives in their homes. Maybe you can come back, maybe you can't come back.
Autumn has arrived, autumn in ancient times is the busiest season in the countryside, as long as the wanderers who can go home, they will go home, the countryside needs labor to harvest, and the ancestors need sacrifices. Although the Mid-Autumn Festival was not yet popular in the Han Dynasty, around the autumn equinox, there would be rural worshippers. Women also spin and weave fabrics at night, sometimes working in the moonlight to save the lights.
There are always one or two bright moon nights, and after exhaustion, you still can't sleep peacefully.
The bright moon shone brightly on the tent. That's because of thoughts and worries. The moonlight suddenly became as cold and sad as frost and snow, and the woman put on her clothes and wandered in the courtyard.
Although the Han Dynasty could write letters with bamboo and paper, not all people could enjoy writing and postal services. Men and women who studied were in the minority, and only those who were soldiers could enjoy the news and letters delivered at the station, and they often did not receive them, or received them, for many months. This woman's husband, most likely, did not go to the army, but went to a distant place to do business, and had relative personal freedom.
The woman heard that many people wandered outside and did not go home, or that there had been a change outside, and they could not return to their hometown. The fragile woman was psychologically anxious and could only say her wish to the moon.
I heard you're having fun outside, so go home early.
But can she not perceive the confusion of the times?
To whom did she tell her deepest sorrow? Is it to give the in-laws, to add to their blockage, or to the female companion? In the calm countryside, if it is a village, everyone strives to maintain harmony, burying the panic in the heart and giving hope to others.
The wind was cooler in the second half of the night, and she looked up at the moon once, and may the moon god hear and convey her wish. But suddenly collapsed at the moment of entering the door, and the tears were like autumn dew, wetting the clothes.
The moon has been a god since ancient times, as if your wish could rise to the moon through the light, and it would listen to and fulfill it. The moon is like a huge information receiver, if the other party is also looking at the moon, it is likely to receive the message of the heart you send.
For example, acacia. Look up at the bright moon, send a thousand miles of light.
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These five ancient poems about the bright moon have profoundly influenced future generations. From myths to moonlight, to people's concerns about distant places and sustenance for lovesickness, they are all in the bright moonlight.
The Tang Dynasty designated August 15 as the Mid-Autumn Festival, a festival that not only praises the moon, but also expresses thoughts and warmth, which lasts for thousands of years.
And people's love for the bright moon, in the ancient poetry, must be more ancient, before the words, at the beginning of someone.
Hatsuyoshi Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you.