Poems about the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival come from "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan", "Looking at the Moon on the Fifteenth Night", "Watching the Moon on the Fifteenth Night of August", etc. The specific poems are as follows:
1. Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan (Tang Dynasty) Zhang Jiuling
The bright moon rises on the sea, the end of the world is at this time.
Lover complains about the distant night, but falls in love at night.
When the candle is extinguished, it is filled with pity and light, and when I put on my clothes, I feel the dew.
I can’t bear to give it away, but I still have a good night’s sleep.
Appreciation: "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan" is a poem about missing people far away on a moonlit night. It was written by the author when he was away from home, looking at the moon and missing his relatives far away. The sentence "A bright moon rises over the sea" has a powerful and broad artistic conception and is a favorite sentence through the ages. It is similar to Xie Lingyun's "Spring grass grows in the pond" and Xie Lingyun's "The bright moon shines on the snow".
Xie Tiao's "The Great River Flows Day and Night" and the author's own famous lines such as "The Lonely Hong Sea Comes Up" seem to be ordinary and unremarkable, without a single peculiar word or a bit of color, just blurted out, But it naturally has a noble and harmonious atmosphere. This sentence is completely scenery, which points out the "looking at the moon" in the title.
2. Watching the Moon on the Fifteenth Night (Tang Dynasty) Wang Jian
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 around, I don’t know who is missing my autumn thoughts.
Appreciation: This is a seven-character quatrain about looking at the moon and thinking about the distance on a Mid-Autumn Festival night. The whole poem has four sentences and twenty-eight characters. Each two sentences is a layer of meaning, describing the Mid-Autumn moonlight and the cherishing mood of looking at the moon respectively, showing a picture of a lonely, deserted and quiet Mid-Autumn night. This poem begins with a description of the scenery and expresses emotions. It has rich imagination and endless charm.
3. The Moon on the 15th of August (Tang Dynasty) Du Fu
The full moon flies into the mirror and returns to the heart to fold the sword.
Wandering around the earth is far away, climbing the osmanthus and looking up to the sky.
There is suspicion of frost and snow on the waterway, and feathers can be seen in the forest.
Looking at the white rabbit at this time, I want to count the hair.
Appreciation: This is the poet's work to avoid chaos in Shu. The main theme of this group of poems should be sad and desolate. The first two lines of the first poem are inspired by the rising moon, and use the moon on August 15th, which symbolizes reunion, to reflect my sorrow of wandering in a foreign land. "Returning to the Heart and Breaking the Big Sword" refers to Wu Gang being punished to cut down the osmanthus tree in the Moon Palace. Du Fu guessed that Wu Gang was not willing to cut down the tree and wanted to return to the world.
The desire to go back actually broke the big knife used to cut down the tree. "Peng" refers to the fluffy grass, which flies around in the wind, so it is called "Flying Peng". Here the poet uses the image of a "turning tent" flying in the wind to metaphor his wandering life and hint at the bitter taste of his wandering.