Charming moonrise Zhang Bao with translation 2018.9.28

There is a hill near my house, and I often climb to the top of the hill at night. At this time, the noise and noise of the city faded away and became confused. In the silence of the night, I could hear the joy of crickets and the call of owls. But I'm here to see the enchanting moonrise. This will allow me to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and immerse myself in a wonderful clear tranquility.

Up this hill, I have seen the night view of the moonrise in the east mountain countless times, but the feeling of the moonrise is different every time I see it. The autumn moonlight is enveloped in the joy of the harvest, and the moonlight appears full and confident. In spring, the mist is thick and the moonlight is hazy, and a crescent moon shyly burrows out of the clouds, just like a bride showing a smiling face from a sedan chair. In summer, the weather is hot and dry, and the orange moonlight envelops the summer nights like smoke. The moon on a winter night is lonely, clear and white, like a silver plate hanging in the night sky. Every moonrise is like a beautiful piece of music, stirring my heart and soothing my soul.

However, living indoors all year round, we have distanced ourselves from the moon. The glow of street lamps and polluted dust blanketed the night sky. Although people have walked on the moon, the moon has become very strange to us. How many people can tell what time the moon rises tonight.

Still, it haunts us.

If we unexpectedly see a large, bright full moon rising over the horizon, we will feel complicated and helpless, and we can only look back at its majestic look. And the moon will also give great gifts to those who look at it.

One night in July, I received its precious gift on a mountain. My car suddenly stalled for no apparent reason, and I was alone in the mountains, helpless. As the sun went down, I watched as an orange-red forest fire seemed to be burning on the ridge to the east. Suddenly, the ridge itself seemed to burn. Then a rising moon, large and red, made by the dust and sweat of the summer, loomed out of the woods. Because of the evaporation and rise of the summer heat, the moon seems to be twisted, and it has a strange face with a violent temper. The dogs in the nearby farmhouse barked nervously, as if the strange color of light had awakened the evil spirits in the wilderness.

But when the moon rises from the ridge, it immediately becomes calm and majestic. The moonlight turns from red to orange, to gold, to yellow. It seemed to draw light from the dark earth, and as it ascended, the hills and valleys below grew darker and darker. As the moon leaves the horizon, it seems to become fuller, rounder, and ivory-like. The valley became a shadow in the landscape. The dogs also recognized that it was the moon they were familiar with, and stopped barking. At this point, I suddenly felt a sense of confidence and joy, and I almost laughed out loud.

This stunning view lasted for about an hour. The moonrise is slow and subtle. To watch the moonrise, you have to go back to an old and patient conception of time. Watching the moon walk tirelessly in the night sky, we find an unusual silence in our hearts. Our imagination allows us to see the vastness of the universe and the vastness of the earth, so that we forget our own existence. Although we feel small, we can feel the kindness of nature.

Under the moonlight, we can't see the edge of life. The hillsides looked like silver veil, and the ocean was still blue in the moonlight. Under the moonlight, we will be less scheming and calculating, and indulge in the emotions of nature.