My heart is quite restless these days. Sitting in the yard to enjoy the cool tonight, I suddenly remembered the lotus pond that I walked through every day. In the light of this full moon, it should look different. The moon gradually rose, and the children's laughter on the road outside the wall was no longer audible; My wife is patting Leap (1) in the room, humming a sleep song in a daze. I quietly put on a big shirt and took the door out. Along the lotus pond, it is a winding small cinder road. This is a secluded road; Few people walk during the day, and the night is even lonelier. Around the lotus pond, there are many trees, which are flourishing and gloomy. 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. Tonight is very good, although the moonlight is still faint. I was the only one on the road, walking around with my hands behind my back. This piece of heaven and earth seems to be mine; I also like to go beyond my usual self and go to another world. I love excitement and tranquility; Love to live in groups and love to be alone. Like tonight, a person can think of anything and think of nothing under this boundless moon, and he feels like a free person. What must be done during the day and what must be said can be ignored now. This is the beauty of being alone, and I will enjoy the boundless moonlight of lotus fragrance. On the winding lotus pond, the leaves of Tian Tian (4) look at (3). The leaves are high out of the water, like a graceful dancer's skirt. Among the layers of leaves, there are scattered white flowers, some of which are blooming gracefully (ni m 4 o, nu ó) (5), and some are shyly blooming; Like a pearl, like a star in a blue sky, like a beauty who just came out of the bath. When the breeze passed by, it sent wisps of fragrance, like a faint song on a tall building in the distance. At this time, the leaves and flowers also trembled a little, like lightning, and passed across the lotus pond in an instant. The leaves were originally close to each other side by side, so (6) there was a clear wave mark. Under the leaves is the running water of pulse (mT) (7), which is covered and cannot see some colors; The leaves are more exposed to the wind (8). Moonlight, like running water, falls quietly on this leaf and flower. A thin blue mist floated in the lotus pond. Leaves and flowers seem to be washed in milk; It's like a dream in a gauze cage. Although it is a full moon, there is a faint cloud in the sky, so it can't shine; But I think this is just the benefit-a deep sleep is indispensable, and a nap is also unique. The moonlight shines through the trees, and the bushes in the high places drop the shadow of mottled (9), which is like a ghost; The sparse beautiful image (1) of the curved willow seems to be painted on the lotus leaf. The moonlight in the pond is uneven; But light and shadow have a harmonious melody, such as the famous song played by Van Aling (11). All around the lotus pond, far and near, high and low are trees, and willows are the most. These trees surround a lotus pond; Only on the side of the path, there are some gaps, which seem to be specially left for the moonlight. One example of tree color (12) is cloudy and looks like a cloud of smoke at first glance; But the abundance of willows (13) can be recognized in the smoke. There are distant mountains in the treetops, which are only a little careless. There are also one or two lights leaking through the cracks in the trees. It is the eyes of those who are thirsty to sleep that are listless. At this time, the most lively things are cicadas in the trees 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 old custom in Jiangnan, which seems to have existed for a long time, but it flourished in the Six Dynasties. You can get a rough idea from the poem. The lotus-pickers are teenage girls. They go by boat and sing colourful songs (14). Needless to say, there are a lot of lotus pickers, and there are people who watch lotus pickers. It was a lively season and a romantic season. It is well said in Emperor Liang yuàn's "Lotus Picking Fu": So Yu Yan, a demon child, rowed a boat with a heart (16); The snipe (y √) first (17) Xu Hui, and also passed the feather cup; Yi (zhào)(18) will move and the algae will hang, and the ship will move and sail flat. Erqi slim waist bundle element, delay gu bu; Summer begins and spring ends, leaves are tender and flowers are early, people smile for fear of touching the petticoats, and they are afraid of leaning over the boat, so they gather their weight (jū)(19). It can be seen that there was a scene of wandering at that time. This is really interesting, but it's a pity that we have no happiness now. Then I remembered the sentence in "Xizhou Qu" (2): Lotus is picked in Nantang Autumn, and the lotus is over the head; Low head Fiddle the lotus seed in the water, the lotus seed is as green as the lake. If there are lotus pickers tonight, the lotus here will be considered "over the head"; It is impossible to see only some shadows of running water. This makes me really miss Jiangnan. -thinking like this, I suddenly looked up and felt that it was already my own door; Gently push the door and go in, there is no sound, and my wife has been asleep for a long time. In July 1927, tsinghua campus, Beijing. Beautiful scenery of lotus pond