This word comes from ancient Chinese, which means the night is endless. Night falls, darkness covers the earth, and everything falls into silence. In literature and poetry, "long night" is often used to describe a lonely, cold and desolate atmosphere. For example, Du Fu's "Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night", "Good rain knows the season, when spring comes. Sneak into the night with the wind and moisten things silently. " The "night" here is an eternal night, emphasizing the continuous rain and the long and silent spring night.
At the same time, "eternal night" can also be extended to an eternal darkness or endless suffering and predicament, just like the helplessness and struggle of human beings in the face of fate. For example, in The City Where Night Ends, the author takes "Eternal Night" as a symbol to explore profound themes such as humanity, power, love and sacrifice.
Eternal night also has a special meaning in optics. Used to describe an environment with no light source or extremely weak light source, such as polar regions or deep sea areas. In this environment, people or creatures can only see dark or weak light or objects with sufficient light without sunlight. For example, in the Voice of the Polar Region, "eternal night" is used to describe the days when there is no sunshine in the polar region, creating a cold and lonely environment.
Eternal night is a symbolic and poetic expression, which can not only refer to the endless persistence of the night, but also symbolize an eternal suffering or helpless environment, and can also refer to an environment with no light source or extremely weak light source optically.
Emotion conveyed by Long Night in Poetry;
In poetry, "long night" is usually used to convey a feeling of depression, anxiety, loneliness and helplessness. It is often used to describe a long, dark and lonely night, symbolizing people's loneliness, depression and unavoidable predicament. In love poems, "Long Night" is often used to express the pain of lovesickness between lovers, as well as the pain of not meeting and reunion.
For example, Li Bai wrote in Sauvignon Blanc that "Sauvignon Blanc is in Chang 'an. Autumn insects are singing by the golden well, and the frost is shining on my mat like a small mirror. High light flashing; My desire is getting deeper and deeper. I lift the curtain, sigh and stare at the moon. Lonely as a flower, from the center of the cloud, above, I saw the blue and deep sky, and the blue waves rippling. Heaven and earth are far away, can I dream over the portal and over the mountains? . "Here, Long Night symbolizes the barrier of love and the suffering of lovesickness, and expresses the poet's deep anxiety and helplessness.
In addition, Long Night can also be used to convey a feeling and thinking about the shortness of life, the passage of time and the impermanence of life. For example, in Su Shi's Red Cliff Fu, he wrote: "I lament the moment of my life and admire the infinity of the Yangtze River. Fly with the flying fairy, hold the bright moon, and grow up. I know that it is impossible to get it suddenly, but I hate Taiwan. " The "long night" here is a metaphor for the brevity and impermanence of life and expresses the poet's feelings and thoughts.