1. A big bright mirror flew from nowhere, reflecting half of my hut. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, "Seeing the Moon and Ziyou in the Mid-Autumn Festival".
Translation: It describes the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival as a bright mirror, hanging high in the night sky, reflecting the shadow of his hut, expressing his longing for his brothers and his incomparable love for the moonlit night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. It doesn’t matter whether it is cloudy or sunny, it is a good time in the world. ——"Mid-Autumn Festival" by Zhao Huansong of Yuan Dynasty.
Translation: Describes the beauty of the Mid-Autumn Moonlight Night in a plain tone, expressing the poet's joy and gratitude for the Mid-Autumn Festival. He transcended the waxing and waning of the moonlit night and saw the beauty of the world.
3. The full moon flies into the mirror, and returns to the heart to fold the sword. ——Tang Dynasty Du Fu's "Moon on the 15th of August".
Translation: Describes the beauty of the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It vividly uses the word "fly" to compare the moon to a "mirror", which brings out the brightness and beauty of the moonlit night. At the same time, "Returning and folding the sword" also expresses the poet's deep homesickness.
4. Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, and her heart will be filled with blue sea and blue sky every night. ——"Chang'e" by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: Borrowing the story of Chang'e flying to the moon, it depicts the beauty of the Mid-Autumn Night with a sentimental and sad emotion. "Blue sea and blue sky, heart every night" expresses the poet's feeling of beauty and sadness on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.
5. Tonight in Yanzhou, I can only watch it alone in my boudoir. ——"Moon Night" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: This poem is about Du Fu’s emotion towards the moon-sitting person on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. He imagined his wife (or family) far away in Yanzhou looking at the moon alone, expressing his deep longing for his family.
6. The stars are moving in thousands of households, and the moon is in the sky. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "Spring Stay in Zuo Province".
Translation: The poet’s unique feelings about the Mid-Autumn Moon.
7. The moonlight is deeper than half of the house, and the Beidou is tilted to the south. Tonight, I know that the spring air is warm, and the sound of insects is new through the green window screen. ——Liu Fangping's "Yueyue".
Translation: The night is getting quieter, and the moonlight only illuminates half of the house, while the other half is hidden in the darkness. The Big Dipper is tilted, and the South Dipper is also tilted. Tonight I knew that spring was coming. Outside the window screen, which was reflected by the green leaves, the chirping of insects came to the house for the first time.
8. When I first heard about the geese, there were no cicadas anymore, and the water a hundred feet high reached the sky. The young girl Su'e can withstand the cold, and she fights with Chanjuan in the frost in the middle of the moon. ——Li Shangyin's "Frost Moon".
Translation: As soon as I heard the chirping of the wild geese heading south, the chirping of the cicadas had already disappeared. I climbed up to a hundred-foot high building and looked far into the distance, where the water and the sky merged into one piece. The goddess of frost, Qingnu, and the goddess of the moon, are not afraid of the cold. They compete with each other in the cold moon and frost, comparing their pure and beautiful looks.
9. A piece of jade falls under the moon, and a new piece of jade is found in front of the palace. So far, there is no such thing as happening in heaven. It should be thrown to people by Chang'e. ——Pi Rixiu's "Guizi on the 15th night of August in Tianzhu Temple".
Translation: Osmanthus flowers fell from the sky, as if they were falling from the moon. I picked up the fallen flowers in front of the temple, and the petals were still covered with fresh dew. I still don’t understand why Wu Gang had trouble with the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. This sweet-scented osmanthus was probably scattered by Chang'e and given to everyone.
10. If you have a strong diet, you will become thinner every day, and your narrow clothes will be cold in autumn. Children reminisce about each other, but they know how difficult it is to travel. Dew enters the hut, and the sound of the stream is noisy on the rocky beach. There is a moon in the mountains at night, but I haven't seen it until dawn. ——Yuan Haowen's "Nizhuang Mid-Autumn Festival".
Translation: I don’t want to eat, my body is getting thinner and thinner, I wear plain and tattered clothes, the autumn chill comes unknowingly, and I slowly recall my childhood without knowing it. How could I know how difficult life was at that time? The morning dew drifted into the hut, and the sound of the stream could be heard on the beach. The moon (in the mountains) always comes out at night, but I never get a glimpse of it at dawn.