First, use the moon to render a quiet atmosphere and set off the feeling of leisure and broadmindedness.
In the eyes of relaxed, optimistic and open-minded people, the image of the moon has become synonymous with quiet, elegant and carefree.
In many ancient poems, literati often use the bright moon to render the quiet atmosphere and set off the feelings of leisure and detachment.
For example, Wang Wei's "Mountain in Autumn Night": "After the rain, the mountain is empty and stands in autumn night. The bright moon shed clear light from the cracks and cleared the fountain on the rocks. The bamboo forest is sonorous, the washerwoman returns, and the lotus leaves are swaying to get on the canoe. My friend's prince, what does it matter if spring is over and you are still here? . "
"There is moonlight in the pine forest and crystal stone in the stream". What an elegant, clear and interesting picture! Here, everything seems comfortable, fresh and lively, full of the poet's love for natural mountains and rivers and his elegant feelings of seclusion between mountains and rivers.
Another example is Wang Wei's "Bird Singing Creek": "People are idle and osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and the mountains are empty. When the moon comes out, it surprises the birds and sounds into the spring stream. " In this poem, the moon appears in a dynamic form, and a word "static" breaks the tranquility and awakens a closely connected world. In this quiet spring mountain air, the appearance of a bright moon makes it more beautiful and elegant!
There are many other ancient poems that praise the quiet atmosphere and set off the feelings of leisure and broadmindedness, such as: Xin Qiji: "The bright moon surprises magpies, and the breeze sings cicadas at midnight" ("Xijiang Moon walks along Huangsha Road"); "The bright moon is not high in the mountains, and the bright light is full of white hair" (Su Shi's Mid-Autumn Festival See the Moon); "The moon rises in Dongshan, wandering in the bullfight room" (former Chibi Fu) and so on.
Second, use the moon to express homesickness and nostalgia.
In the eyes of people far away from home and relatives, the image of the moon either maintains the loved one between lovers, or contains infinite thoughts of home, relatives and friends. Among many ancient poems about the moon, this kind is the most.
Judging from the shape and change of the moon phase, the full moon is like a disk, round; The waning moon is like a hook, incomplete. The moon is round and missing, missing and round, which naturally evokes people's imagination and association. Under the quiet mountain, bathed in the quiet and soft moonlight, it is easy for people to fall into meditation and daydream, resulting in a lingering distant feeling. People who leave home look up at the bright moon, and their thoughts often fly over space, thinking of their hometown, relatives and friends under the bright moon.
This is how the homesickness in Li Bai's Thoughts on a Quiet Night comes from: "The foot of the bed is bright, but is there frost?" Looking up, I found that it was moonlight and sank again, and I suddenly remembered home. " When the poet "looked up and found it was moonlight", a wisp of homesickness rose from his heart. Such a process of homesickness is not only easy for people to understand, but also experienced by many people themselves, breaking through the emotional barrier between poets and readers due to different life experiences, and has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years. The moon in the poem is no longer a purely objective image, but an image full of poet's feelings. In Li Bai's poems, there are a lot of poems about the moon, such as: "I am worried about the bright moon, and I only go to the west with the wind" (Li Bai's "I heard that Wang Changling moved to Longbiaoyao to leave"); "High light flashing; My thoughts are getting deeper and deeper, and I sigh at the full moon "(Li Bai's Sauvignon Blanc); "From a pot of wine among the flowers, I drank it alone. No one is with me. Until I raised my cup, I asked the bright moon to bring me my shadow and let the three of us. " (Li Bai's "Drinking the Bright Moon Alone"); "The moon rises like a mirror, and the sea clouds shine like palaces. Water brings you the feeling of home, pulling your boat for 300 miles. " (Li Bai's "Jingmen Ferry Farewell to Friends").
There are many other ancient poems that use the moon to express homesickness and homesickness. For example, he knows that the dew will be frost tonight and the moonlight at home is so bright! (Du Fu's Moonlit Night Remembers Brothers) While she is far away in Fuzhou, she is looking at the moonlight and watching it alone from the window of her room (Du Fu's Moonlit Night). "Looking at the moon and flying in the mirror, the heart breaks the broadsword" (Du Fu's Night of August 15th); "The moon is now full at sea, and the horizon at this time is * * *" (Zhang Jiuling's "Looking at the moon and thinking of a distant place"); "Acacia bright moon building in where? Poor upstairs, wandering around the moon ... I don't know each other at this time, and I am willing to take care of you every month "(Zhang" Moonlight on the Spring River "); "The moon is bright tonight, and I don't know who has landed in Qiu Si" (Wang Jian's "Looking at the Moon at Fifteen Nights"); "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has ups and downs. This matter is old and difficult. I hope people will last long. " (Su Shi's Water Tune); "The bright moon is high and lonely, and the wine turns into homesick tears" (Fan Zhongyan's Su Curtain Cover); "Jiangnan month, such as mirror, such as hook. It seems that the mirror does not invade the pink face, it seems that the hook does not hang the curtain, and it has been a long time since I left. " (Ouyang Xiu's "Looking at Jiangnan"); "Last year's Lantern Festival, the lights at the flower market were as bright as day. The moon rose to the willow tree, and he met me at dusk. On January night this year, the moon light is still there. " (Ouyang Xiu's Life Checker); "Hate you don't like Jiang Luyue, north and south things, north and south things, only with no separation. Hate you like Jiang Yue. If you are full, you will still lose money. When will you be together? " (Lv Benzhong's "Picking Mulberry"); "The spring breeze is green in Jiang Nanan, when will the bright moon shine on me" (Wang Anshi's "Dengguazhou"); "The bright moon shines in Kyushu, how many happy families are sad? How many couples are together and how many are wandering outside? " (Southern Song folk song "Moon Bends Kyushu") and so on, too numerous to mention.