Mid Autumn Festival Poem

Also known as the lantern festival moon festival or mooncake festival is a traditional festival celebrated by the east asian people and the east asian cultural sphereit is the second most important east asian festival after the lunar new year spring festival with a history dating.

Mid autumn festival poem. 2 these days. Mid autumn moon poem by su shi. By li bai li bai used four lines of five characters to express his homesickness at the moon mid autumn festival. The mid autumn festival or zhong qiu jie in mandarin also known as the mooncake festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

1 in singapore mooncakes and lanterns are offered for sale as early as a month before the festival. A lot of literary men expressed their joys and sorrows their ups and downs by poetic verse in depicting the moon. Together and preferably under the glow of a full moon. It is called the mid autumn festival because the 15th day is the middle of a month and the eighth lunar month is in the middle of autumn.

Sunset cloud gather far excess clear cold milky way silent turn jade plate this life this night not long good next year bright moon where see the sunset clouds are gathered far away its clear and cold the milky way is silent i turn to the jade plate. The following are some of the best of those poems. Mid autumn festival 2020 returns. Despite the passage of time chinese peoples love for the mid autumn festival has not changed.

Top 5 destinations in china to celebrate the mid autumn festival there are many poems about the moon in chinese literary history. When the moon festival become a festival. Poems for mid autumn festival may we live long and share the beauty of the moon together even if we are hundreds of miles apart says the romantic chinese poem. Mid autumn festival or mid autumn day is the second grandest festival in china after the chinese new yearit is named so for that it is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month which is always in the middle of the autumn season in china.

Nowadays people mainly celebrate the moon festival as a time for family reunions. This short poem is a tale about homesickness and how the moon reminds the poet of his hometown. To keep the tradition of mid autumn festival alive and to bring cheer to singaporeans as we adjust to life in the new normal we will be celebrating mid autumn with a mix of onsite and online offerings from 18 september to 4 october. Read about the mid autumn festival origins.

The mid autumn festival chinese. These ancient sentiments are still embodied in the way chinese people celebrate the mid autumn festival. The ordinary people took the mid autumn festival to be a celebration of their hard work and harvest. In chinese culture the mid autumn festival is supposed to be spent with the family so it is connected with homesickness.