The ancient poems and phrases about the Mid-Autumn Festival are introduced in detail as follows:
1. "Looking at the Moon in the Pavilion on the Night of August 15th":
Original text: August of the past year On the fifteenth night, beside the apricot garden by the Qujiang Pool. On the night of August 15th this year, in front of the Shatou Water Museum in Penpu. Where is the hometown to the northwest? How many times is the moon full to the southeast? Yesterday the wind blew and no one was there, but tonight the light is as clear as in previous years.
Translation: On the night of August 15th, I stood next to the apricot garden beside the pond in Qujiang. On the night of August 15th this year, I was in front of the Penpu Shatou Water Museum again. How can you see where your hometown is when you look to the northwest? When you look to the southeast, you can see that the moon has become full several times. No one paid attention to the wind blowing yesterday, and the beautiful scenery tonight is just like in the past years.
Analysis: The moon is still the moon of the past, but the place is not the same place as before. Naturally, the people around me are no longer the same people as before. I was demoted to Penpu, things have changed, people have changed, my hometown is missing, I am lonely, poetry Extremely cold and miserable.
2. "Nian Nujiao·Passing through Dongting"
Original text: The green grass in Dongting is almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and there is no wind at all. There are thirty thousand hectares of Yujian and Qiongtian fields, one leaf of which is on my boat. The moon is shining brightly, and the bright river is shining brightly, making it clear both inside and outside. It's hard to tell you the beauty of this leisurely understanding. Ying Nian Ridge has been on the surface for many years, and the solitary light shines on it, and the liver and gallbladder are all covered with ice and snow. The short hair is fluttery, the sleeves are cold, and the sky is wide and steady. Stroll the Xijiang River, pour the Beidou carefully, and treat everything as a guest. The boat is whistling alone, I don’t know what night it is.
Translation: Dongting Lake is connected to Qingcao Lake. When the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, there is no trace of the wind. It is the world of jade or the wilderness of Qiong. The lake is like a mirror with 30,000 pours. Holding me a small boat. The bright moon and the brilliant Milky Way reflected their beauty in the vast jade mirror, and the water above and below was bright and clear.
Analysis: The sky is blue, the water is calm, the moon shines on the lake, and the world is clear. Boating on the lake, using the water of the Yangtze River as wine, using the Big Dipper as a wine glass, and inviting all the stars in the sky to come as guests, drink carefully with me. In this situation, there is no heaven, earth, thing or me, I don’t know what day or night it will be. This kind of magnificence, this kind of heroic sentiment can never be repeated throughout the Song Dynasty.
3. "Magnolia Slowly":
Original text: Poor moon tonight, where are you going? Is it a different world, only seen over there, with light and shadow to the east? It's outside the sky. Who can tie the flying mirror without roots? If Chang'e doesn't marry, who will stay? It is said that there is no reason to go through the bottom of the sea, and the trance makes people sad. Afraid of thousands of miles of whales, the Jade Palace and the Qiong Tower will be destroyed vertically and horizontally. A toad is so worthy of bathing in water. How can a jade rabbit explain the ups and downs? If everything is fine, how come it gradually becomes like a hook?
Translation: Tonight the lovely moon is so charming, where are you walking, slowly and leisurely? Is there another world outside the sky, where people just saw the moon rising in the east? The vast universe is endless, is it the mighty wind that blows the bright moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival away? Who tied the moon with a rope and hung it high in the sky? Who kept Chang'e from marrying into the world?
Analysis: A series of questions make this poem almost the most scientific poem in ancient China. Why can the moon stay in the sky without falling? Wouldn't it be damaged if it sank into the sea? Why does the full moon gradually turn into a crescent moon? Eight hundred years ago, Xin Qiji actually came into contact with the scientific phenomenon of the moon revolving around the earth in his poems, which were full of romanticism.