Every year, the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the most poetic festival in the hearts of Chinese people. The folk custom of appreciating the moon began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, also known as the festival of sacrificing the moon, and has been handed down for thousands of years. Although the times have changed and the pace of life has accelerated, people have no time to chant poems to the full moon like the ancients, but on the night of the Mid Autumn Festival, every family will choose to eat moon cakes and talk freely under the bright moonlight to share the happiness of their family. So, where is the best place to enjoy the moon?
West Lake in Hangzhou
Located in the west city of Hangzhou, Xizi lake is a dazzling pearl with charming scenery all the year round. Especially when you visit the West Lake in autumn, the lake looks like a mirror, and the forest is dyed. You can feel the poetic flavor of "heavy make-up is always appropriate" in Su Dongpo's works.
When night falls, the autumn moon in Pinghu and the moon in Santan of West Lake are familiar places for people to enjoy the moon. The moon is bright in the sky, and the moonlight in the lake is flowing for thousands of miles. The shadow of the moon, the shadow of the light and the shadow of the tower are intertwined with each other.
The best scenic spot of autumn moon in Pinghu is on the west side of Baidi. It faces the water on three sides and backs on the isolated mountain. The view is extremely broad. People will take long guns and short cannons to find a good position early on the night of Mid Autumn Festival and wait for the full moon.
Due to its pleasant scenery, the image of the moon in Santan is even printed on the RMB of China, and its best way to enjoy the moon is boating on the West Lake. When the light comes out from the three graceful stone towers, the moonlight and the shadow of the tower are mixed into one, and the shimmering small shadows on the surface of the lake make up the famous West Lake's first scenic spot to enjoy the moon.
In addition to the above two places, there are also Yueyan scenic spots in Fenghuang mountain near the West Lake. If the front two places are moon watching by the lake and moon watching in the center of the lake, here is moon watching on the mountain. Yueyan is a giant stone peak. There is a natural round hole on the peak. On the night of Mid Autumn Festival, people will see that the moon just sprinkles the moonlight on the ground through the round hole, just like another bright moon. The double moon is like a double wall, which amazes those who appreciate the moon.
Cold moon crescent spring in Dunhuang
In September, Dunhuang is crisp in autumn and the summer heat dissipates. The endless golden desert attracts tourists here. Perhaps many people have seen the vast desert like the sea during the day, but seldom see the other side of the desert at sunset.
Watching the sunset in the desert and the sunset all over the sky is a unique gesture of Dunhuang. Sitting on the ridge on the east side of Sha Ming, waiting for the crescent Moon Spring lamp to light up, the bay is like the moon spring, surrounded by the desert, quiet and beautiful, the picture of the sun and the moon shining together is a long aftertaste.
As the first spring in the desert, Yueya spring was once the place where Xiwangmu yaochi held a peach feast. So far, the traditional custom of "climbing high and looking at the moon" on the night of full moon is still preserved. It is also a popular place to enjoy the moon in China.
The most wonderful thing about seeing the moon in the desert is that there is no light pollution. When a full moon rises from shaming mountain, it will feel bigger than what you see in the city. There are stars in the sky as the background, which really proves that the ancient poem says' sand with wind flying, spring with moon without dust '.
In Dunhuang, there are some pleasant ways to enjoy the moon, such as riding a camel in the desert to enjoy the moonlight, taking off shoes and barefoot to mount shaming to enjoy the beautiful scenery under the moon, the moon in the sky, the crescent spring and the moon in the spring, and expressing endless thoughts.
Inner Mongolia Xilinguole grassland
The sky is vast, the wild is vast, the wind is blowing, the grass is low, cattle and sheep are seen. Xilinguole grassland has a long history. Early autumn is the most beautiful season. It has the boundless open and magnificent beauty, the dynamic beauty of herders riding horses, and the charming scenery of Xilin River. Even if the summer flowers fade, it still exudes its own unique charm.
When the mid autumn festival meets the prairie, a touch of moonlight is immersed in the gray blue sky. At the moment when the moon is the most round, the moonlight overflows and sprinkles on every corner of the prairie. The grass in the moonlight, such as the sea waves, this kind of simple Mongolian style, is not possessed in other places.