I'm very upset these days. Sitting in the yard enjoying the cool tonight, I suddenly remembered the lotus pond I walked through every day. It should look different under the light of this full moon. The moon rises gradually, and the children's laughter on the road outside the wall can no longer be heard; My wife is patting Leap (1) in the room, humming a sleep song in a daze. I slipped on a big shirt and ran out the door. Along the lotus pond, there is a winding little cinder road. This is a secluded road; Few people walk during the day, and it is lonely at night. Around the lotus pond, there are many trees, flourishing and lush. On one side of the road, there are some willows and some trees with unknown names. On a moonless night, the road is gloomy and a little scary. It's fine tonight, although the moonlight is still very weak. I was the only one on the road, walking around with my hands behind my back. This world seems to be mine; I also like to go beyond my usual self and go to another world. I like excitement and tranquility; Like to live in groups, like to be alone. Just like tonight, under this boundless moon, a person thinks about everything and thinks nothing, and feels like a free person. What must be done and said during the day can be ignored now. This is the beauty of being alone, and I will enjoy the boundless moonlight with lotus fragrance. On the winding lotus pond, the leaves of Tian Tian ④ are watching ③. The leaves are high out of the water, like an elegant dancer's skirt. White flowers are scattered among the leaves, some bloom gracefully (ni m 4 o, nu ó) (5), and some bloom shyly; Like a pearl, like a star in the blue sky, like a beauty who just took a bath. The breeze blew, sending wisps of fragrance, like a faint song on a tall building in the distance. At this time, the leaves and flowers also trembled slightly, like lightning, passing through the lotus pond in an instant. The leaves were originally close side by side, so (6) there were obvious ripple marks. Below the leaves is the running water of pulse (mǐ)(7), which is covered and can't see some colors; Leaves are more exposed to the wind (8). Moonlight, like running water, falls quietly on this leaf and flower. A thin layer of blue mist floats in the lotus pond. Leaves and flowers seem to have been washed in milk; Like a dream in a sarong. Although it is a full moon, there are faint clouds in the sky, so it can't shine; But I think this is just a benefit-deep sleep is indispensable, and nap is unique. Moonlight passes through the treetops, and the bushes in the high places cast mottled shadows, just like ghosts; The curved willow (10) has a sparse beautiful image as if it were painted on a lotus leaf. The moonlight in the pond is uneven; But light and shadow have a harmonious melody, such as a famous song played by Van Aling (1 1). Around the lotus pond, there are trees far and near, and willows are the most. These trees surround a lotus pond; Only on one side of the path, there are some gaps, which seem to be reserved for moonlight. An example of tree color (12) is cloudy and looks like a cloud of smoke at first glance; But the abundance of willow (13) can be recognized in the smoke. There are distant mountains on the treetops, just a little careless. There are still one or two lamps leaking through the cracks in the tree. What is listless is the eyes of those who are sleepy. At this time, the most lively are cicadas in the tree and frogs in the water; But the excitement is theirs. I have nothing. I suddenly remembered the matter of picking lotus. Lotus picking is an ancient custom in the south of the Yangtze River. It seems to have a long history, but it flourished in the Six Dynasties. You can get a rough idea from this poem. Lotus pickers are teenagers. They went by boat, singing colorful songs (14). Needless to say, there are many lotus pickers. It was a lively season and also a romantic season (15). It is well said in Emperor Liang Yuan's Poem on Lotus Picking: So this demon boy paddles a boat with a heart of Xu (16); The snipe (y √) passed Xu Hui first (17) and also passed the badminton cup; Yi (zhào)( 18) can move the algae, and the ship can move the sail flat. Erqi slim waist bundle element, Yan Gubu; After long summer beginning of spring, the leaves are tender and the flowers are early. They are afraid of touching their skirts and leaning on the boat to pick flowers (jū)( 19). It can be seen that there were wandering scenes at that time. This is really interesting, but unfortunately we are not happy now. Then I remembered the sentence in Xizhou Qu (20): Lotus is picked in autumn in Nantang, and the lotus is over the head; With his head down, he fiddled with the lotus seeds in the water, which were as green as the lake. If there are lotus pickers tonight, the lotus here will be considered "over the top"; You can't just see some shadows of running water. This makes me really miss Jiangnan. -think like this, suddenly look up and feel that it is already your own door; Gently pushed the door in, there was no sound, and my wife had slept for a long time. 1July, 927, Beijing Tsinghua Campus. Beautiful scenery of lotus pond