Chinese Idioms about the Moon Moonlight is clear and windy Moonlight is bright and breezy. It describes a beautiful and quiet night. From the Tang Dynasty's "Biography of the God of Luo": "When the moon was clear and the wind was clear, Kuang was good at the qin, so he took the qin and played it." The Moon is Broken and the Flowers are Broken A metaphor for the destruction of a beautiful thing. From the Tang Dynasty's Wen Tingyun's "Jin Tsuen Jie? The Moon is Broken and the Flowers are Broken" (和王秀才伤歌姬)："The moon is broken and the flowers are broken, so don't be sad, for the flowers are broken and the moon is broken." Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon The four seasons of scenery commonly used in classical literature as the object of description. Now it refers to the poems and writings that are full of rhetoric and limited in content to writing scenery and expressing love. It is a metaphor for the love between a man and a woman in the world of debauchery, or for a life of debauchery. From Song Dynasty Shao Yong's "Ichuan Zhanyang Jie" (Preface): "Then, what is it? Preface": "What is the difference between the four winds, flowers, snow and moon?" Fishing for the moon in the water (水取月) (Fishing for the moon at the bottom of the sea): Fishing for the moon in the water. It is a metaphor for wasting efforts and failing to accomplish something. From Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion: "Though it seems like a short sleep in the air, it's not like fishing for the moon in the water." 光风霁月 光风：指雨后初晴时的和风；霁月：雨或雪停止后的明月。 Refers to the clear sky after rain or snow when the wind is clear and the moon is bright. It is a metaphor for a person with a bright heart, an open mind and a noble character. It is also a metaphor for a peaceful and tranquil social atmosphere. From "Partridge Sky" by Qiu Zong of the Song Dynasty: "The land and the sea have their own mountains, the wind and the moon should not be stingy." The stars in the sky set off the moon. It is a metaphor for many things surrounding a center, or many people clustering around a person they respect. From "The Analects of Confucius" (论语). "Like the north star, it is in its place that all the stars cup the moon." Closed Moon and Shy Flowers Closed Moon is also used as "Shade Moon" to make the moon hide and the flowers feel ashamed. It describes a woman who is extremely beautiful. From Yuan Dynasty Wang Shifu's The West Wing, Book 1, Fracture 4: "For you to have a closed moon and shy flower appearance, it is necessary to cut off the roots and roots of the size." The flowers are in full bloom and the moon is full. The flowers are in full bloom and the moon is full. From Yuan Dynasty Shi Junbao's "Qujiang Pond": "The flowers are in full bloom, and the moon is always full." Flowery Face, Moonlike Face Flower-like face, moonlike face. It describes a woman's beautiful appearance. From Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong (〈醒世恒言〉), Volume 25: "Ms. Juanjuan, with her flowery face and moonlike appearance, needless to say." Chanting: Chanting. It refers to the writing of songs on the theme of wind, flowers, snow and moon. It refers to some works which are empty and boring and detached from reality. From the Yuan Dynasty's Zhang Yang Hao "Putian Le": "Traveling in the mountains and playing in the water, chanting the wind and playing with the moon, the joy of it is endless." Near the water, a building near the water's edge can see the moonlight first. It describes that if you are located near the water, you can obtain superior opportunities and benefits. From Chen Yi's "Residence in a Temple" (寺居), Song Dynasty: "The tower near the water contains a clear view, and the grass and trees write a plain screen in the sky." Draped in stars and moonlight Draped in stars and moonlight. It describes a person who goes out early in the morning and comes back late at night, extremely hard and busy. From Yuan Dynasty's "The Injustice Debtor": "Dressed in the stars and the moon, I rise early and sleep late." Autumn Moon and Cold River The bright moon in autumn night and the clear river water in winter. It is a metaphor for a virtuous person with a pure and untainted heart. From Huang Tingjian's "Farewell to Li Jiweng" in Song Dynasty: "Virtuous people travel in the sky, and the moon is cold in the river in autumn." Hong Yun Tuo Yue (洪云托月) Baking: rendering; Tuo: setting off. Originally, it refers to a painting in which clouds are used to set off the moon. It is also used as a metaphor to emphasize a subject or theme by adding color from the side. Source From "The Story of the Western Chamber" by Jin Shengqan, Qing Dynasty: "The one who writes about Zhang Sheng first is the so-called secret method of the painter to bake the clouds and set off the moon." Clear Wind and Bright Moon Clear and pleasant wind, bright and clear moon. It describes the beauty of natural scenery. It is also a metaphor for a person of high character. From Song Dynasty Ouyang Xiu's "A Word from the Hall of Honor": "The Golden Horse, the Jade Hall, the Three Bachelors, the Bright Moon and the Bright Wind." Mirror Flower, Water and Moon The flower in the mirror and the moon in the water. It is a metaphor for an unattainable illusory scene. From "Qinyuanchun" by Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty: "The flower in the mirror, the moon in the water, there is no way to get close to Yi." The sun and the moon are like shuttles Shuttle: a tool used in weaving to pull the weft threads and warp threads together. The sun and the moon come and go like a shuttle. The sun and the moon come and go as if they were shuttles. From Song Dynasty Gao Deng's "Dongxi Jie": "Zhu Huang Dual Inkstones": "The Sun and the Moon are like shuttles. Zhuhuang Dual Inkstones": "The sun and moon are like shuttles, and the literature is like the sea, so it's not enough to explore, but Zhuhuang dares to slack off." The sun and the moon pass through the sky, and the river flows through the earth. Like the sun and the moon passing through the sky every day, the river flows through the earth. It is a metaphor for being bright and upright, eternal and unchanging, and everlasting. From "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty": "Feng Yan's Biography". Feng Diffractor's Biography: "The sun and the moon pass through the sky, and the sea and the river flow through the earth, which is not enough to compare." Wasted Time (日月蹉跎) 蹉跎：把时间白耽误过去。 It refers to wasting time and letting it go to waste. From Ruan Ji (阮籍) of the Jin Dynasty (晋朝), "Wing Huai" (咏怀), Volume 4: "Entertainment has not yet been finalized, but the days are wasted." Day by day, month by month, day by day, month by month. It describes the accumulation over a long period of time. Song Shi? Qiao Xingjian biography" "Day by day, month by month, from: the air is more and more open. " Day by day, month by month, new: newer; different: different. Every day is renewed, and every month is different. Describe the rapid development of progress. From the Qing Dynasty Wu Corns "Painful History? Original Narrative: "The art of teaching is also based on the laws of the great powers, and the textbooks are changing every day." 穷年累月(常年累月) poor: exhaustion, completion; tired: accumulation; poor year: the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the whole year, lasts for several months. Year after year, month after month in succession. It describes a long period of time. From "Xunzi? Honor and Shame: "However, it is the human condition to be poor in years and not to know the inadequacy." 峥嵘年月 峥嵘：山势高峻奇特的样子，引申为不平凡。 Refers to unusual years. From Liao Xingzhi's "Qinyuanchun? and Su Xuan 教韵"："Counting the years that have passed, the momentous years, the Yin, but unfortunately, one day, three autumns." Monkey Years and Horse Months A general term for the future years without hope. 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival
The 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China, which is the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. The 15th day of the 8th month falls in the middle of the fall season, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. China's ancient calendar in the middle of the fall in August, called "mid-autumn", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival".
The night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is bright, the ancients regarded the full moon as a symbol of reunion, therefore, also known as the 15th of August for the "reunion festival". Throughout history, people often use the "full moon", "moon" to describe "sadness and happiness", living away from home, but also to the moon to send deep feelings. In the Tang Dynasty, poet Li Bai said, "Raising my head to look at the bright moon, and lowering my head to think of my hometown", Du Fu said, "The dew is white from tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown", and in the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi said, "The wind of spring is greening again on the banks of the south of the Yangtze River, and when will the bright moon shine on me again? "The moon is bright in the hometown.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient festival, the moon festival is an important custom. Ancient emperors had the social system of sacrificing the sun in the spring and the moon in the fall, and there was also the wind of moon sacrifice in the mid-autumn festival in the people's homes, and later on, the appreciation of the moon was more important than the moon sacrifice, and the serious sacrifices were turned into relaxing pleasures. Mid-Autumn Moon Appreciation custom in the Tang Dynasty flourished, many poets in the famous poem there are moon poems, the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty court and folk moon worship and moon appreciation activities on a larger scale. Many monuments of "moon worship altars", "moon worship pavilions" and "moon watch towers" remain in different parts of China. Beijing's "Altar of the Moon" is the Ming Jiajing years for the royal moon festival built. Whenever the moon rises in the Mid-Autumn Festival, set up a case in the open air, mooncakes, pomegranates, jujube and other fruits and vegetables for the table, after the moon worship, the whole family sat around the table, eating and talking, *** enjoy the moon. Now, the moon worship activities have been replaced by a large-scale, colorful mass moon worship activities.
Eating moon cakes is another custom of the festival, moon cakes symbolize reunion. The production of mooncakes has become more and more elaborate since the Tang Dynasty. Su Dongpo wrote a poem: "small cakes like chewing the moon, there are crisp and syrup", the Qing Dynasty Yang Guangfu wrote: "moon cake full of peach filling, ice cream sweet laying cane sugar frosting". It seems that the mooncakes of that time were quite similar to those of today.
According to historical records, the term "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book of Zhou Li. By the time of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "Oracle Shangshu Zhenniu confuse, Mid-Autumn Festival Eve with the left and right micro-clothing pan river". It was not until the early Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a regular festival. The Book of Tang - Taizong records that "August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival". The popularity of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China, on a par with New Year's Day. It is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.
West Lake Tourism Zhiyu said: "August 15 is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, the folk to the moon cake to send each other, to take the meaning of reunion". The Imperial Capital Scenic Spectacular" also said: "August 15 moon festival, the cake will be round, divided into melons will be wrong teeth, petals carved like a lotus flower. ...... its women return to the Ning, is the day will return to the husband's home, said the reunion festival. Mid-Autumn Festival night, most areas of China and branding "reunion" custom, that is, branding a symbol of reunion, similar to the moon cake small cakes, cakes wrapped in sugar, sesame, cinnamon and vegetables, etc., outside the pressure of the moon, cinnamon trees, rabbits and other patterns. After the moon festival, the elders of the family will cut the cake into pieces according to the number of people, and each person will have a piece of cake, and if someone is not at home, they will leave a piece of cake for them, which symbolizes the reunion of the whole family.
Mid-Autumn Festival, clouds and fog less, the moonlight bright and bright, in addition to the folk to be held in the moon, moon festival, eat moon cakes to bless the reunion of a series of activities, some places there are also dancing grass dragons, laying pagodas and other activities. In addition to moon cakes, a variety of seasonal fresh and dried fruits are also Mid-Autumn Festival night food.
Another theory for the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is that the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar coincided with the time when rice was ripening, and families worshipped the God of Land. The Mid-Autumn Festival may be a remnant of the Autumn Report