Autumn Full Moon
by Xueling Zou
Title
Autumn Full Moon
Artist
Xueling Zou
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
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Dream in the Night
- Interpreted by Xu YuanChong
Abed, I see a silvery light,
I wonder if it's frost aground.
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned.
This poem written by Li Bai (701 - 762) who was a major Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty poetry period (China's "golden age" of classical Chinese poetry). It was the first classical poem I was taught before my primary school. Of course, I would not know the meaning at my young age. The older I get and the farther I live from home, the deeper I feel this poem, which is more often appearing in my head. Hiding my tears used to be part my character. But now, I can no longer control it behind my eyes whenever I think of it...
Another Mid-Autumn Festival is coming again, which is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and some other Asian countries (中秋節, 中秋节, also called the Mooncake or Moon Festival. It is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, on September 30, 2012. The Moon Festival is full of legendary stories, one I posted at last the Moon Festival was at: http://originalartstories.blogspot.com/2011/09/chinese-moon-fesitival.html.
My favorite part of the festival was the family got reunited again, enjoyed the dinner and watched the full moon at night while eating moon cakes as desert, served with many kinds of different fruits, because it is the harvest time, mentioned the traditional stories...
Almost everything has changed, besides the beautiful and rich culture our ancestors left for us, some ruined by nature or man made disasters. Though the full moon we see is the same wherever we are. But the picture of my home, my sweet and complex home is getting more vivid each day and night, the road I am on now which I finally realize it has become un-returnable...
This poem in Chinese:
静夜思
� 李白
床前明月光,
疑是地上霜。
举头望明月,
低头思故乡。
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Xueling Zou
Thank you buyer from Oak Ridge, TN for purchasing this print. My sincerely thanks to you for supporting my fine art!
Jenny Rainbow
Came back to this piece of art, just adore the style and neat composition, Xueling! one of your best!
Rosa Cobos
Reading your words, I find that this image is expressing with perfection that shadow melancholy of "home", gone long before and we....yearning fot it. The magic is there, the size of this moon vigin us enough space to gather around and feel protected. The vegetation caressing the body of itself. I love it both, the image and the description and poem. Rosa
Kirsten Giving
Hello Xueling! I was very attracted to the thumbnail and love it even more when I opened it up. But, best of all, is the wonderful and meaningful description you have provided. It almost brings tears to my eyes dear friend. A big f/v Kirsten
Athena Lin
Nice combination with the moon. It's a photograph? I also know this poem by heart since childhood and studied Chinese calligraphy. Which calligrapher's work did you took this picture of?