At the beginning of the month:
The moon at the beginning of the lunar calendar is shaped like a hook. The ancients often called them "silver hooks" and "jade hooks". Song Dynasty poet Xun wrote in the second book "Miscellaneous Appreciation of Youmeipo Table": "Pour wine in the bamboo fence hut and sit and watch the silver hook go to the river at dusk." This poem describes the poet sitting on the bed, drinking and looking up at the moon.
Most of the beds where the ancients slept had curtains, which were closed when they slept and hung on both sides with curtain hooks during the day, which was somewhat similar to our current mosquito nets. The poet saw that the first moon was thin and curved, much like a curtain hook, and because the moon was silver, he made a comparison.
String moon:
It is divided into the first quarter moon and the second quarter moon, both of which are half a month. At this time, the moon looks like a bow arm, so it was imagined by the ancients as a "jade bow", also known as the "bow moon". Li He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote such a poem in the sixth of Thirteen Poems in the South Garden: "Looking for chapters and sentences, old vultures, Xiao Yue hangs a jade bow as a curtain. I don't see the three seas every year. Where is the article crying in the autumn wind? "
The main idea of the poem is that the poet lamented that he spent all his youth on carving insects and went to find chapters and sentences. When the moon at dawn is facing the curtain, like a bow hanging on the horizon, he is still writing at his desk.
Full moon:
The full moon is called Golden Wheel, Jade Wheel, Silver Plate, Jade Plate, Golden Mirror and Jade Mirror. Fan Chengda, a poet in the Song Dynasty, described this in his "Detailed Songs of Water Tune for Decades": The stars and the Han Dynasty are colorless, and the jade mirror floats alone. In the distance, the milky way is dim, and a bright moon floats alone in the sky.
Rabbits and toads:
There are many beautiful legends in ancient China. Looking at the bright moon, the ancients imagined that there was a jade rabbit on the moon, which pounded medicine under the laurel tree all the year round, resulting in beautiful nicknames such as "Jade Rabbit", "Silver Rabbit", "Ice Rabbit" and "Moon Rabbit".
The ancients regarded the golden toad as an auspicious thing. It is said that golden toad can make a fortune. Legend has it that there is a three-legged toad in the moon palace, so there is a saying that the golden toad contains the moon, and later generations call the moon palace the moon. Therefore, the ancients in China often called the moon "toad" and the moon "golden toad", "silver toad" and "moon".
Mid-Autumn Moon by Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi
Wan Li's beauty is incredible, adding sorrow, benefiting and hating to travel around the world. Who is stationed outside Gansu for a long time? Where is the new parting before the court?
After falling out of favor, Ji returned to the hospital that night, but when the veteran went upstairs. According to how many people are heartbroken, Jade Rabbit and Silver Toad are far from knowing.
The tone of this poem is somewhat sad, and people are advised to see the bright moon in Wan Li and not to add sorrow out of thin air, because being stationed in the frontier fortress means being separated from their loved ones. Family members can only grieve at home alone, and those who stay in the frontier can only climb The Upper Terrace to see their hometown. At the end of the last sentence, the poet even complained about the moon. You live in two places on Mid-Autumn Festival, but you don't know it.
Guishu:
According to legend, there is a osmanthus tree in front of the Guanghan Palace on the moon, with lush foliage. The ancients called it "Ghost Moon", "Ghost Lun", "Ghost Gong" and "Ghost Woman".
Wu Zetian's Early Spring Banquet in Tang Dynasty
The last festival opens in September, and thousands of doors are opened at night. Blue lanterns spit out new flames, and osmanthus flowers are bright and round.
Send wine only when it is full, and the flowing glass need not be thin. Make the Xiajiang River prosperous, and then bring Fan Luo back.
This poem about banquet scenery describes the beauty of a full moon night.
Wide cold and clear deficiency:
Legend has it that there are two palaces on the moon, Guanghan and Empty, so Guanghan and Empty also refer to the moon.
Wang Shu:
Wang Shu is the moon god in China myths and legends. Therefore, Wang Shu also refers to the "month". Huang Tingjian, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said in "Two Rhymes Answer Four Kings": "Sunny nights are similar, and autumn halls face each other."
Chang 'e:
In ancient times, it was said that Chang 'e lived on the moon. Don't forget that Chang 'e also refers to the moon.
Chen Juan:
People often compare beautiful women to the moon, so they see "Chanjuan", which also refers to the moon.