The Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little New Year's Month, the New Year's Eve or the Lantern Festival, is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. Throughout the ages, the lanterns on the night of the Lantern Festival have bloomed brightly, and the literati and artists have no thoughts in the face of this scene.
The night of the Lantern Festival is a sleepless night of lights. "The fire tree and silver flowers are closed, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened. The dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one. "The fire tree and silver flowers, the bright moon is bright, the light and shadow are colorful, and the visitors are weaving. Su Wei's "Fifteenth Night of the First Lunar Month" in the Tang Dynasty depicts a lively picture of the Lantern Festival. Tonight, we walked along the street, and the long lights on the side of the street were lit from beginning to end, like two golden streamers stretching and floating, which made people dizzy and intoxicated. It is no wonder that the ancients would improvise and leave famous sentences for the ages.
Tang Yin's song "Lantern Festival" in the Ming Dynasty is a scene of joy for the rejuvenation of heaven and earth: "There is no moon without a lamp is not entertaining, there is a moon without a lamp is not spring, spring is like jade in the world, and the moon is like silver under the lamp burning the moon", the lamp is far away, the lamp is bright under the moon, and the moon is bright and clean on the lamp. There are lights without the moon and there is no fun, and there is a month without lights and spring is difficult to appear. The night of the Lantern Festival is brilliant and dazzling. The human face is like a jade heart, the moon is like a silver plate, and the light is like day, and the festive excitement of the festival dances with the lights and shadows.
The night of the Lantern Festival is a night of laughter and laughter. Zhang Hu's "Night Light on the Fifteenth Day of the First Lunar Month" in the Tang Dynasty: "Thousands of doors are unlocked and thousands of lights are bright, and the emperor moves in the middle of the first month." Three hundred people danced with their sleeves, and for a while there was a sound of words in the sky. "On the night of the Lantern Festival, the lanterns are lit, countless palace maids compete to go out, dance with sleeves to their heart's content, sing and dance to welcome the Lantern Festival, and the music is intoxicating. Liu Yong sighed, "Zhejiang water is like the sky, the moon is in the afternoon, and there are countless incense paths and absolute tassels." Even more candle shadows, young people, often adventures". In the good night and flowers, the teenagers are full of joy, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the singing is clear, the sheng pipe is leisurely, and the laughter is bursting, which is the time of youth and joy.
The night of the Lantern Festival is a night of nostalgia. Last year, tonight, the lanterns were shining, and the night was as bright as day. The festive lanterns and bright moon bring infinite joy to people, and also attract people to see things and think about the old. Ouyang Xiu's "Shengchazi Yuan Xi" in the Song Dynasty: "On the New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was as light as day. The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. On New Year's Eve this year, the moon and lights are still the same. I didn't see last year's people, and my tears wet the sleeves of my spring shirt. "Today is the Lantern Festival, the lights are still the same, the moon is like yesterday, but there is no former companion beside me, and I can't help but sigh. "A romance, who to have fun with tonight. The platform flower hall, the dust is deserted, the luxury is exhausted, only the green mountains are like Luo, the Qiantang is still the same, and the tide is ebb and flow", Wang Yuanliang wrote a grand scene of the Lantern Festival, and issued a sigh of "who am I watching with". The shadow of the flowers on the floor under the moon is still there, but the dust is long. The green mountains are still there, but the prosperity of the past is no longer there. The poet uses the scenery to express his lyricism, lamenting the fleeting years and the impermanence of prosperity and decline.
The night of the Lantern Festival is extremely graceful and beautiful. "Moth snow willow **, laughter and dark fragrance. The crowd is looking for him. Suddenly looking back, the man was there, and the lights were dim. "Fire, silver, lanterns. Fireworks burst like a shower of stars. The beauty of the cloud sideburns, the golden hairpin step shakes the beauty of the new stamen on the branches, between the smiles and laughter, only the wisps of dark fragrance remain, the poet is looking for in the vast crowd, how to expect that when I look back, the beauty is smiling lightly, the lights are vague, the romantic encounter, the poet should be so surprised that I don't know how to be good!
Flower lanterns such as jade and the moon such as silver, this night when thousands of lights are lit", the flower is full moon, the lanterns are hanging high, illuminating the wishes. Every longing and sweetness blooms in the moonlight. This night, New Year's Eve, is beautiful.
Author: Tian Xuemei (the author is a member of the Gansu Writers Association).
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