On the moon, the Lantern Festival is about after dusk. From Cha Sheng Zi Yuan Xi written by Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty. It means that after dusk, when the willow shoots are on the moon, someone meets each other.
Sheng cha zi yuan Xi
Song-Ouyang Xiu
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the flower market is brightly lit.
The moon rose to the willow tree, and he met me at dusk.
On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, the moonlight and lights are still the same as last year.
I will never see my old friend last year again, and my tears are soaked through my clothes.
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Last year, on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lantern Festival, the lights of the flower market were as bright as during the day. The moon rises at the top of the willow tree, and he asks me to talk to him after dusk. On the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, the moonlight and lights are the same as last year. Never see last year's lover again, and Pearl's clothes are soaked with tears.
Brief introduction of the author
Ouyang Xiu (1007- 1072), also known as Yongshu, was born in Yongfeng, Jizhou (now Yongfeng County, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), a writer and historian in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was politically famous.
Because Jizhou originally belonged to Luling County, it called itself "Ouyang Xiu of Luling". Posthumous title Wenzhong, also known as Ouyang Wenzhong. Later generations also called him "the four great writers of the ages" with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe (Sansu), Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong, they are called "eight great masters in Tang and Song Dynasties".