In ancient times, traffic was very inconvenient. When people are separated or moved away for various reasons, they rarely get together again, just like Du Fu's poem "Giving Eight Guards to Chu Shi", "Meeting friends is almost as difficult as catching the stars". These people may be struggling for a living and a bumpy career during the day. Only in the quiet night, bathed in the quiet and soft moonlight, away from home, away from the loneliness of relatives, will come to mind. At this time, the sky is full moon, round; The waning moon is like a hook, incomplete. The moon is round and missing, missing and round, which naturally evokes people's imagination and association. It is easy for people to get lost in meditation and daydreaming, resulting in a lingering sense of alienation. These people who have left their homes look up at the bright moon, and their thoughts often fly over space, thinking of their hometown, relatives and friends under the bright moon. In the eyes far away from home and relatives, the moon is an image that maintains people's homesickness, and it contains the wanderer's infinite yearning for home, relatives and friends. Among many ancient poems about the moon, this kind is the most. Li Bai's "Looking up, I found that it was moonlight, and then sinking, I suddenly remembered home", Du Fu's "He knew that the dew would be frost tonight, and the moonlight at home was so bright!" Wang Anshi's Spring Breeze in Jiang Nanan, When Will the Bright Moon Shine on Me? Su Shi's "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has ups and downs". This matter is old and difficult. I hope that people will live for a long time, and things like * * * are all old sayings of homesickness.
Second, the specific artistic conception created by the bright moon sets off the specific artistic conception of the characters.
In many ancient poems, many poets often use the bright moon to render a quiet atmosphere and set off a feeling of leisure and detachment.
Such as Wang Wei's Autumn Night in the Mountain, Crystal Stone in the Stream and Moonlight in the Pine Woods, what elegant, clear and interesting pictures! Here, everything seems comfortable, fresh and lively, full of the poet's love for natural mountains and rivers and his elegant feelings of seclusion between mountains and rivers. Another example is Wang Wei's "Bird Singing Creek": "People are idle and osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and the mountains are empty. When the moon comes out, it surprises the birds and sounds into the spring stream. " In this poem, the moon appears in a dynamic form, and a word "static" breaks the tranquility and awakens a closely connected world. In this quiet spring mountain air, the appearance of a bright moon makes it more beautiful and elegant!
There are many other ancient poems that praise the quiet atmosphere and set off the feelings of leisure and broadmindedness, such as Xin Qiji's Xijiang Moon? Walking in the middle of Huangsha Road at night: "The bright moon surprises magpie, and the breeze knows at midnight".
Some also use the bright moon to render a sad atmosphere, setting off loneliness and sadness.
There are inevitably frustrated poets in the official career. At this time, the moon has a symbol of frustration, which naturally triggered the lonely feelings of many frustrated literati, reflecting the sadness and displacement of literati's life experience. The most famous is Zhang Ji's a night-mooring near maple bridge:
"Frosty night, Jiang Feng fishing sorrow sleep. Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, passenger ships are ringing at midnight. " The images depicted in the poem are all what the poet saw and heard in the hut. Feeling, all of which triggered the poet's loneliness and homesickness, making him unable to sleep. Late at night in autumn, the first quarter moon in the western world gradually falls, the sky becomes dark, and the cold autumn frost begins to pervade the sky. This situation makes the poet feel more painful.
In many ancient poems, the image of the moon is often the medium of the poet's feelings and a portrayal of the poet's mood. For example, Li Bai's "Drinking the Bright Moon Alone": "From from a pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone. No one is with me. Raise my cup, I invite the bright moon, which brings me its shadow and makes us three people. The moon doesn't know how to drink, but the shadow in front of it is behind. I have to mingle with them and enjoy the happiness of spring. The song I sing is bright and wandering, and I dance the shadow before wandering. Wake up and be happy together, and disperse after drunkenness. Will goodwill be guaranteed? I see the long road of the Milky Way. " On the surface, it is a beautiful scene of the poet and the moonlight under the flower, dancing and having fun together. In fact, it is the poet who uses this beautiful scene to reflect his inner loneliness and bitterness. And all this is due to the moon. Without this month, the poet would not be so sad.
Another example is Meng Haoran's "Sleeping in Jiande": "My boat is moving forward in the fog, and the days are getting shorter and shorter, and the memories of the old days begin. How vast the world is, how close the trees are to heaven, and how close the moon is to the water! "What is written here is that the author is moored in Jiangzhou, foggy and full of new worries. The field is empty, the sky in the distance is lower than the trees, the river is clear, and only the bright moon is close to him. This poem depicts a sad and lonely scene.
There are many such poems. Bai Juyi's "Pipa Trip" expresses his sadness, sadness and reluctance to part with his friends who are about to leave. "The boss married a businessman's wife. She first valued money and didn't care how he left her ... She kept an empty boat at the estuary, with no one to accompany her except the bright moon and cold water", which reflected the sadness of the businessman's wife living alone on the empty boat under the moon and her sad feelings for her husband who valued profit over righteousness. Li Bai's "I heard that Wang Changling moved to the Longbiao kiln on the left" and "I miss my heart and the bright moon, and I will stay with you until I am in the west" are absurd ideas for my friends. The poet's heart is sad and no one understands it. It seems that only the moon is the true bosom friend, so he has to ask Yue Ming to bring his sincere concern for his old friends to people thousands of miles away. It can be called the eternal swan song of expressing friendship by chanting the moon.
Third, the bright moon symbolizes the persistent pursuit of the ideal of life, or that the moon symbolizes the enlightenment of philosophy.
Most ancient poets have lofty political aspirations and life ideals to help the poor, secure the country and care for the people. For example, in Li Bai's "Climbing Mount Tianmu in a Dream", the poet is extremely contemptuous of the ruler and extremely disappointed with the real world, and insists on finding the ideal world: "My heart and dream are in Wu and Yue, flying over the mirror lake and the bright moon overnight", which fully reflects the poet's eager pursuit of the ideal world. His famous sentence "We are all lofty and distant thoughts, I want to go to the sky and embrace the bright moon" is a vivid portrayal of the poet's lofty wishes. "Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he likes, and don't let gold empty on the moon" embodies a free and easy attitude towards life.
The moon hanging high in the sky often makes poets think philosophically: the moon spans time and space, but in contrast, life is so short and insignificant. In their poems, the image of the moon has become an eternal symbol and an eternal witness to the changes of the world.
Wang Changling's "The Great Wall": "When the moon passes through Qin, the Long March people have not returned. But make Longcheng fly, and don't teach Huma to cross Yinshan. " At the beginning of this poem, a magnificent moonlit scene is outlined with the words "bright moon in Qin dynasty and local customs in Han dynasty". History is criss-crossed, time and space are criss-crossed, and things are transformed. On the surface, this poem describes the beauty of the moonlit night and the admiration for the old general Li Guang. In fact, the poet uses Li Guang as a metaphor to express his helplessness and sadness that he wants to build a great cause like Li Guang, but he has achieved nothing because of the villain's framing. Here, the moon has become a witness across time and space.
Liu Yuxi's "Stone City" "The mountain is surrounded, and the tide hits the empty city to be lonely. In the old days, Huai Shuidong, the female wall came late at night. " The mountains and rivers remain the same. The prosperity of the Six Dynasties in the Stone Town, once full of music and spring breeze, is empty. Only the bright moon that rose from the east side of Qinhuai River still shines on this dilapidated ancient city. The poem combines the deep sadness of the poet's hometown depression and bleak life.
For thousands of years, poets have devoted a lot of feelings to the moon to praise her! Love is born of scenery, and the scene changes because of love. There are many good people and beautiful scenery; The human heart is gray and the scenery is dark. Facing the eternal moon, different poets and different environments, they all have different feelings, and they all write their own unique feelings, which are picturesque and affectionate, and have rich poems about the moon.