Many poets have a "moon complex". They describe the moon not only as a natural scene, but also as a carrier of subjective feelings. Scenery is made by the heart, words are made by the heart, and poetry is like a person. The moon in the poem is no longer a purely objective object, but an image attached to the poet's feelings. The moon, a natural thing, often becomes the externalized form of the poet's subjective feelings, and "seeing things from me" makes "everything have my color".
Reading many poems about the moon, on the one hand, can understand the poet and his rich and complicated inner world from many angles and sides, and arouse readers' association with the poet, his mood at that time and even his life experience; On the other hand, due to the communication, interaction and blending of subject and object, various moon images have become permanent emotional symbols and artistic codes in ancient poetry. Its high frequency of use, wide coverage, deep expression and even clever figurative sentences are incomparable to other landscapes, insects, fish, clouds and flowers and birds. Du Fu's poem "He knows that the dew will frost tonight, and the moonlight at home will be bright! ."
The moon in the eyes of China people is China's, while the moon in the eyes of China poets has profound traditional significance, which is stained with more humanistic colors and occupies a broader and richer imagination space.
The moon can even be regarded as the patent of ancient poets in China. The image of the moon is not only the condensation of the poet's spiritual form, but also the extension, expansion and sublimation of the poet's spiritual form.
1. Lonely image
Looking at the bright moon, people in China are filled with emotion. The bright moon has infiltrated the lonely souls of many immigrants and warmed the sleepless nights of many frustrated literati. Ancient poets often like to use the moon to express their feelings when their talents are not satisfied and their careers are down and out in the real world. The moon reflects the loneliness and loneliness of ancient literati, and reflects the psychology of frustrated people seeking comfort and relief. The more the poet writes the bright moon affectionately, the more lonely he feels in his wandering life, which sets off the poet's loneliness.
2. lofty and exquisite image
When ancient poets were hit politically, some people were depressed, while others took it in stride, seeking spiritual liberation with a lofty and refined mind, and the cool breeze and bright moon became the sustenance of the soul. The moon has become the embodiment of literati, lofty and refined, standing proudly in the mountains and forests, and a symbol of the poet's elegant demeanor and natural and unrestrained bearing.
3. Broad-minded and unique image
Among ancient poets, Li Bai is probably the best at writing about the moon. His "Begging for the Moon by Drinking" shows the author's broad mind and elegant and natural personality. "Today, people can't see the ancient moon, but this month they followed the ancients. As the ancients said, "Today's people are like flowing water, and the bright moon looks like this", which expresses deep thinking on the universe and philosophy of life and enables people to communicate and sing beyond time and space. The elegant and broad-minded moon in the poem is not only an attitude towards life, but also a kind of mind and realm.
4. Acacia parting image
"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is full of rain and shine." The moon is a symbol of parting, and the moon is the best thing to express people's parting. In ancient poetry, the multiple images of the moon often express the feelings of parting with the moon.
5. Nostalgic and sentimental images
The ancients often used the image of the moon to lament the passage of life and years. Li Yu, the leader of the late Southern Tang Dynasty, often used the month to pin his thoughts on the past and the present, and poured out his deep sorrow and great pain of "Lacrimosa every day". "When is the harvest moon in spring flowers? How much do you know about a thing of the past? The small building was easterly again last night, and the country could not bear to look back at the moon. " The past is like a dream What was the situation in Nantang at this time? Can only be recalled in the moonlight.
7. The patriotic image of homesickness
The moon is also synonymous with homesickness. Looking at the moon and homesickness can easily lead to nostalgia and singing. Li Bai's Silent Night Thinking has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years, because it expresses homesickness. The moon image in ancient poetry is also an indirect expression of the poet's patriotic feelings and political ideals. "Thirty fame, the dust settles, eight thousand miles of clouds and the moon" is inexhaustible. In these two poems, Yue Fei expressed his noble outlook on life, blending his patriotism with his ambition to serve the country.
This kind of poem about appreciating the moon with profound meaning has higher ideological significance than the poem that simply describes the natural scenery.
Multiple images of the moon in China s ancient poems;
First, since the myth of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon spread, the moon has been branded as China. Not only poets, but all China people seem to have a "moon complex" that they can't solve. It has been sung for a long time, from the children's song "Moonlight", the folk song "Moon Bends Kyushu" to the popular song "Curved Moon".
The image of the moon represents the tenderness and love of women and motherhood, which can best reflect the brilliance of human nature;
The image of the moon represents reunion and parting, which can best tie people's lingering feelings;
The image of the moon also represents the country and villagers. The full moon in the sky always goes hand in hand with people, which can best soothe the anxiety of leaving home for the country and evoke homesickness and homesickness.
The moon image also communicates nature and life, history and reality, overlooks the joys and sorrows of ancient and modern times from the perspective of big time and space, and permeates all levels of the soul.
The image of the bright moon embodies a kind of beauty, natural beauty, neutral beauty, changing beauty and exquisite beauty, and forms an aesthetic concept of combining form and spirit, coexistence of reality and falsehood, orderly change and complementary profit and loss, which conforms to China's golden mean and China people's national character of peace, humility, tenacity and forbearance.
Secondly, from the perspective of "the time between man and nature", the relationship between the moon and man is the closest and closest, which has stimulated people's reverie and fantasy, and even inspired the poet's wisdom and creative inspiration.
The multiple moon images in China's ancient poems are in the same strain as the six meanings in The Book of Songs, which greatly broadens the ideological realm of poetry and enriches its expressive methods.