Took a photo of the moon the other night, on the 16th day of lunar month.
Yes, it was still a full moon.
Moon is such a romantic celestial object. In Chinese culture, there are many poems and songs expressing the virtue and beauty of moon.
LiBai 李白, the famous poet in Tang Dynasty, felt homesick on seeing the moon (床前明月光。。。）.
The evergreen song 月亮代表我的心 （Moon represented my heart) made famous by Teresa Teng 邓丽君 expressed the profound emotions of people in love.
And not to forget, the Moon Fairy of MidAutumn Festival (中秋节&嫦娥）。
But somehow, in the Western literature, full moon was sinisterly associated with werewolves and vampires; and people's emotion suddenly ran wild during full moon.
Even though it is the same moon that we see from various corners of the earth, people always lamented that 外国的月亮比较园 (literally means the moon is more rounded in foreign land). Is it true?
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