The ancient poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival include "Silent Night Thoughts", "Shui Tiao Ge Tou: When will the bright moon appear", and "Mid-Autumn Moon".
1. "Quiet Night Thoughts" - Li Bai
The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground.
Look up at the bright moon and lower your head to think about your hometown.
Translation:
The bright moonlight shines on the window paper, as if there is a layer of frost on the ground. I couldn't help but raise my head and look at the bright moon in the sky outside the window that day. I couldn't help but lower my head and think about my hometown far away.
Appreciation: There is no strange and novel imagination in the whole poem, and there is no sophisticated and beautiful diction. It just uses a narrative tone to describe the homesickness of distant visitors. However, it is meaningful and intriguing. The first two sentences are: The illusion that the poet has for a moment in the specific environment of a foreign country. The last two sentences deepen the homesickness through the depiction of movements and expressions.
2. "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·When will the bright moon come" - Su Shi
The world is a big dream, and there are cool autumns in life.
The wind blows at night, and the leaves are already singing on the corridor. Look at the brows and temples.
Translation:
When night comes, the wind rustles the leaves. I look at my brows and temples, and there are already traces of time.
Appreciation:
This poem takes the bright moon as its theme and expresses the poet's feelings and thoughts about life. It also expresses his admiration and awe for the natural beauty. The poem opens with "The world is a big dream, and life has several cool autumns." It expresses the emotion that life is like a dream, believing that life is short and impermanent, and that after many joys and sorrows, it will eventually turn into dust. Then, "The wind blows in the night and the leaves are already singing in the corridor, and you can see the brows and temples." Through the description of the natural landscape, it expresses the poet's admiration and awe of the natural beauty. It also expresses the sigh of the passage of time and the understanding of his own aging. .
The whole poem has concise language and profound artistic conception. Through the description of nature and life, it expresses the poet's emotion and thinking about life, and also expresses his admiration and awe for the natural beauty. This poem not only has aesthetic value, but also has the appeal of humanistic emotions. It is a classic poem.
3. "Mid-Autumn Moon" - Du Fu
On the night of August 15th, the golden wind and jade dew are cold.
Looking at the single shadow of the moon, I wander around and feel pity for myself.
Translation:
On the night of August 15th, the golden wind and jade dew have arrived, and the weather has become cold.
I was alone, facing the bright moon, wandering in the open space, feeling very lonely and sad.
Appreciation:
This poem takes the Mid-Autumn Moon as its theme, expressing the poet's inner loneliness and sadness, and also expressing his admiration and awe for the natural beauty. The poem opens with "On the fifteenth night of August, the golden wind and jade dew are cold", which expresses the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the changes in weather through the description of the natural landscape. Then, "Looking at the lonely shadow of the moon, wandering and pitying myself", the poet faced the bright moon alone, his figure was lonely, wandering in the open space, feeling very lonely and sad.
The whole poem has concise language and profound artistic conception. Through the description of nature and life, it expresses the poet's inner loneliness and sadness, and also expresses his admiration and awe for the natural beauty. This poem not only has aesthetic value, but also has the appeal of humanistic emotions. It is a classic poem.