ROMEO: Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops. JULIET: O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly change in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.

A classical part from the Romeo and Juliet, a confession of love on the balcony. In the view of Shakespeare, the moon is something lunatic, instant. Yet in China it is just the opposite. Today is the moon festival in China and this article is about the cultural meaning of moon in China.

When the moon is rising up in the sky, the world is... ...