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Thread: Chinese worship the Moon, Westerners worship the Sun, Why?
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[quote=ICEBLUE,373674]There has been a prevalent worship of the moon in China since the ancient times such as the fairytale of Chang’e Flyiing to the Moon and Moon Festival (Mid-autumn Festival), Lantern Festivals. Innumerable ancient Chinese poets have composed poems singing high prais to the moon. Also, China’s own calendar (Lunar Calendar) is set based on the wax and wane of the moon. Western calendar is the solar calendar. All of these reflected the prevalent worship of the Moon in China (and even the East) and and the prevailing worship of the Sun in the West. This has seemingly formed a cultural difference: Chinese have kind of Moon Complex and Westerners have the tendency of worshiping the Sun. Do you ever think about why? Best poem about Moon Festival written by Su Shi, a famous poet of Song Dynasty 水调歌头The Moon Festival 苏轼Su shi 明月几时有,把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙,今夕是何年? 我欲乘风归去,又恐琼楼玉宇, 高处不胜寒。 起舞弄清影,何似在人间! 转朱阁,低绮户,照无眠。 不应有恨,何事长向别时圆? 人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴圆缺, 此事古难全。 但愿人长久,千里共婵娟 。 Bright moon, when was your birth? Winecup in hand, I ask the deep blue sky; Not knowing what year it is tonight In those celestial palaces on high. I long to fly back one the wind, Yet dread those crystal towers, those courts of jade, Freezing to death among those icy heights! Instead I rise to dance with my pale shadow; Better off, after all, in the world of men. Rounding the red pavilion, Stooping to look through gauze windows, She shines on the sleepless. The moon should know no sadness; Why, then, is she always full when dear ones are parted? For men the grief of parting, joy of reunion, Just as the moon wanes and waxes, is bright or dim: Always some flaw-and so it has been since of old. My one wish for you, is long life And a share in this loveliness far, far away! [/quote]
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