Listen to the Moon

The Moons are clear, clouds are thin,
Listening to the crickets around the walls.
Saddened by Autumn, Song Yu sings to the west wind.
The falling leaves broke my dream. I count flowers on the ground.
月明云淡露华浓,倚枕愁听四壁蛩。伤秋宋玉赋西风。落叶惊残梦,闲步芳尘数落红。
This is from the tradition Chinese Kun opera, which is one of the oldest extant forms of Chinese opera. Our Project has focused on the relationship between Human and Machine, and we has integrated this piece of classic opera into the whole audio project.Firstly, users will see the overall website with one word “月” (moon), after they click this word, they would see the whole original text for the 《玉簪记·琴挑·懒画眉》.

Then users will hear the Google AI reading the meanings of certain word in an dispassionate way. We choose “月(moon)”, “蛩(crickets)” , “风(moon)”, “叶 (leaves)” as the ones we would like to present with their meanings in Chinese dictionary.

月 Moon

蛩 Crickets


风 Wind
叶 Leaves