What is the significance of the moon in classical Chinese poetry?

Chinese have had a special affection for the moon since ancient times, so the moon has also become an eternal theme in literary classics. The following is a detailed analysis of the symbolic meaning of the moon in classical Chinese poetry.

First of all, the moon is a symbol of beauty. On the one hand, the moon itself is a beauty. Zhou Yi's "Moon Fu" of the Southern Dynasty

It vividly depicts the unique beauty of the moon: "The air is melted and clean, the quality is bright and moist and chaste, the weak is not wasted, and the clear is not polluted." "It writes the aesthetic connotation of the plateau, moist, soft and quiet of the moon.

On the other hand, the bright moon hanging high in the clouds also adds beauty to the scenery of the world. Such as Zhang Xian in "Mulan".

wrote: "The atrium is clear under the moonlight, and countless poplar flowers have passed without a shadow. It was written that countless faint poplar flowers floated in the clear moonlight, beautiful and hazy.

Secondly, from the fact that the moon is a symbol of beauty, it is introduced that the moon is also a symbol of beauty. "The Book of Poetry, Chen Feng, Moonrise".

The bright moon was the earliest to describe the beauty: "The moon rises brightly, and the best people are shining." The word "outstanding" here means beauty. Then there was Wei Zhuang's "Bodhisattva Man".

"The fireside people are like the moon, and the frost and snow are condensed on the wrists". and Su Shi's "Suwang Lake Tower Reconciling".

"The crescent moon is like a beautiful woman, and it is colored at the beginning of the sea." "It's all about writing beauties with the bright moon.

Again, the moon also symbolizes hometown and reunion. We are most familiar with Li Bai's "look up at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown". There is also Su Dongpo.

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny." And Li Yu.

"Xiaolou had an east wind last night, so the country could not afford to look back at the moonlight. The moon is a famous sentence that writes about homesickness.

Finally, the moon is a symbol of eternity. The moon is eternal in the poet's eyes, forming a poetic contrast with the transience of human life. Zhang Ruoxu's "Who first saw the moon on the riverside?"

When did Jiang Yue shine at the beginning of the year? Life has been infinite from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue is only similar every year. I don't know who Jiang Yue treats, but I see the Yangtze River sending water.

and Li Bai's "Today's people don't see the ancient times and months, and this month once looked like the ancients." "Su Shi's" people have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles.

and so on to express the same feelings.

The moon was often used as a symbol of beauty in ancient China. So there are a lot of poets who write a lot of verses about the moon. It has also been passed down to this day.

The meaning is that it conveys the feelings of lovesickness and nostalgia for home, and it is an intermediary to convey feelings, and you can express your homesickness through the moon.

The moon represents longing, longing for friends, missing loved ones, missing old people, and also longing for hometown.

The symbolic meaning of "moon" in ancient poems:

1. The moon is a symbol of beauty

The Book of Poetry, Chen Feng, and Moonrise was the first to use the bright moon to describe the beauty: "The moon rises brightly, and the outstanding people are shining." The word "outstanding" here means beauty.

In Wei Zhuang's "Bodhisattva Man", the famous Tang poem, it is even more "The person by the fireside is like the moon, and the frost and snow are condensed on the wrist", which is a metaphor for the moon, and it is a woman with a delicate appearance.

2. The moon is a symbol of the hometown and reunion

Su Dongpo has clouds: "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny", and the ancients established a close connection between the moon's roundness and people's parting and reunion very early. The full moon is often seen as a time for family reunions, and the bright moon is dressed as a symbol of reunion.

Li Yu once wrote in "Poppy Beauty": "Xiaolou had an east wind last night, and the country is unbearable to look back at the moonlight." It is the chanting of the moon that injects the thought of the hometown into the heart, and deeply expresses the desire to reunite with the hometown and relatives.

3. The moon is a symbol of eternity:

Zhang Ruoxu's poem "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" not only made him remembered by the world, but also left people with valuable philosophical truths: "Who first saw the moon on the riverside? When did Jiang Yue shine at the beginning of the year?

Life has been infinite from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue is only similar every year. I don't know who Jiang Yue treats, but I see the Yangtze River sending water. ”

In the eyes of the poet, the moon is eternal, forming a poetic contrast with the transience of human life, which makes people see themselves clearly, the moon is still the moon, but life is already different. Li Bai in "Asking the Wine to the Moon": "Today's people don't see the ancient times and the moon, and this month used to be like the ancients" is also such an experience.

1.The moon can be used to express homesickness. For example, Du Fu's "The dew is white tonight, the moon is the hometown of Ming", and Li Bai's "Raise your head to look at the bright moon, bow your head and think of your hometown" all associate the moon with homesickness.

2.The moon can be used to express feelings about the impermanence of the world and the passage of time, and it is full of life philosophy. For example, Su Shi's "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny", and Zhang Ruoxu's "Who first saw the moon on the riverside?"

When did Jiang Yue shine at the beginning of the year? Life has been infinite from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue is only similar every year", Li Bai's "Today's people don't see the ancient times and months, and this month once looked like the ancients" and so on.

3.The moon also symbolizes beauty. For example, in the Book of Songs, "the moon rises brightly, and the best people are shiny", and the beauty of the moon is used to write the beauty of people. It is also like Wei Zhuang's "people on the edge are like the moon, and the frost and snow on the wrists".

The good names of the moon in ancient Chinese poetry are: round wheel, jade wheel, gold wheel, silver wheel, ice wheel, frost wheel, solitary wheel, oblique wheel, laurel wheel, moon wheel, round mirror, jade mirror, golden mirror, water mirror.

Ice Mirror, Cold Mirror, Treasure Mirror, Qin Mirror, Flying Mirror, Yaotai Mirror, etc.

The Moon was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after the formation of the Earth, and there are several hypotheses about its origin, but the theory supported by more factual evidence is that it formed from a celestial body the size of Earth and Mars, Theia.

The "Great Collision Origin Theory" was formed by the debris produced by a huge impact and gathered in the outer periphery of the earth.

The front side of the moon is dotted with basalt rocks ejected from dark volcanoes.

The lava flow filled with a huge impact crater created a vast plain called the "Moon Sea", in which in fact there was not a drop of water.

Between the outer and lunar seas are bright, ancient plagioclase highlands and conspicuous impact craters. It is the brightest object in the sky other than the Sun, and although it appears very bright white, its surface is actually dark and reflective.

Only slightly higher than the old asphalt. Since the Moon is very conspicuous in the sky, coupled with the regular change of the phases of the moon.

Since ancient times, it has had a significant impact on human culture such as myths and legends, religious beliefs, philosophical thoughts, calendar compilation, literature and art, and customs and traditions.

The moon is one of the most common images in classical Chinese poetry. In the ancient words, we can clearly see that the Chinese, especially the poets, have a unique emotion for the moon, and their amazement and deep affection for the moon surpass that of any nation in the world, forming a unique moon complex for the Chinese.

Seeing the moon triggers their heartstrings, tugs at their feelings, and evokes their reverie. The imagery of the moon in ancient poetry mainly includes: parting and lovesickness; Homesickness and homesickness ; Perseverance and time; A symbol of beauty.

It can be said that the moon has been integrated into ancient Chinese culture, and no other ethnic group can compare with the Chinese in their preference for the moon.

The ancient poems of the moon include "Water Tune Song Head":

When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky. I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace.

Meaning: When did the bright moon start to appear, I held the wine and looked at the sky. I don't know what year or month it is in the heavenly palace.

The bright moon has been a classic image in the poetry of literati since ancient times.

In Li Bai's "Silent Night Thoughts", "look up at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown", the bright moon can always arouse the wanderer's strong homesickness;

In the nineteen ancient poems "The Bright Moon and the Bright Moon", "The bright moon is bright, take care of my bed", the bright moon shines through the loneliness of the woman;

In Xie Lingyun's "Twilight", "the bright moon shines on the snow, and the wind is strong and sad", and the boundlessness of the moonlit night reflects the insignificance of personnel.

In ancient poetry, the moon generally has several artistic conceptions and hidden deep meanings. For example, the month is most often used to express homesickness. There is also the meaning of loneliness, sadness, and coldness. There is also a moon that is bright and pure, showing a sense of purity and nobility.

1."Silent Night Thoughts" Li Bai - the bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown.

2."Jade Ladder Resentment" [Tang] Li Bai - Jade Ladder Raw White Dew, Long Night Invasion of Luo Socks. But under the crystal curtain, looking at the autumn moon.

3."Frost Moon" [Tang] Li Shangyin - When I first heard that there were no cicadas in the wild goose, the water of the hundred-foot building was connected to the sky. The green girl Su'e is resistant to cold, and she fights Chanjuan in the frost in the middle of the month.

1, the bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring stone is upstream. ——Wang Wei, "Autumn Evening in the Mountain House".

2, the bright moon rises out of the Tianshan Mountains, and the vast sea of clouds. - Li Bai, "Guan Shanyue".

3, the bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground. - Li Bai, "Silent Night Thoughts".

4, raise a glass to invite Mingyue, and the shadow becomes a trio. ——Li Bai, "Four Songs of Drinking Alone Under the Moon, One of Them".

5, life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon. - Li Bai.

6, all have Yixing Zhuang to fly, want to go to the blue sky to see the bright moon. ——Li Bai "Xuanzhou Xie Junlou Farewell School Book Shuyun".

7, if the ancients and modern people are flowing water, they will see the bright moon together. ——Li Bai "Ask the Wine to the Moon, the Old Man Jia Chun Ordered to Ask It".

8, I send my heart and the bright moon, with the wind until the night Langxi. ——Li Bai "Hearing that Wang Changling moved to the left and Longbiao Yao sent it here".

Moon: The fulfillment of life, regrets, homesickness, homesickness.

Looking at the moon and cherishing the distance", "sad spring and sad autumn", "seeing flowing water, thinking about the passing of years", "sycamore drizzle is sad and sad".

Other names for the moon: Toad Palace, Jade Plate, Silver Hook, Chanjuan, Guigong; "Jade Plate", "Jade Wheel", "Jade Ring", "Jade Hook", "Jade Bow", "Jade Mirror", "Heavenly Mirror", "Mirror", "Jade Rabbit", "Chang'e", "Toad".

Moon: In ancient Chinese poetry, it is a common brushwork to use the moon to set off feelings. Generally speaking, the moon in ancient poetry is synonymous with homesickness.

Li Bai's "Silent Night Thoughts": "The bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground, raise your head to look at the bright moon, and bow your head to think of your hometown." This poem shows Li Bai's homesickness.

The moon in the poem is no longer a purely objective image, but an image impregnated with the poet's feelings. Tang dynasty Wang Jian's "Fifteenth Night Hope to Du Langzhong": "Tonight, the moon is bright, and I don't know who will fall in autumn."

The poem points out the common nostalgia in the world on this full moon night with euphemistic questions, and implicitly expresses the poet's deep longing for his hometown friends.

In addition, the "moon" has the following imagery.

1) The bright moon contains the sorrow of the border people.

For example: "The sand is like snow in front of Huile Feng, and the moon outside the city is like frost"; "Qin, Mingyue, Han, Long March, people have not returned" is tragic and majestic.

2) The bright moon contains emotional helplessness.

Such as Xie Zhuang's "beauty is in the dust, and the moon is bright and moonless for thousands of miles." "Prayers and blessings; Zhang Jiuling: "The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time." "Hope and longing.

3) The bright moon contains the eternity of time and space.

If the ancients and the present people are flowing water, they will see the bright moon together. "The plundering of life by time and the helplessness of life in the face of time are vividly expressed.