What do you mean, mountains and rivers are exotic, and the moon is the same?
Although we are in a different place, separated by mountains and rivers, we can still enjoy the same sky and the same moon. It expresses that even if you are in different places, you can still connect and share your feelings by enjoying the same sky and bright moon. The source of this sentence is embroidered robe edge written by Prince Hasega of Japan. The original intention was to hope that China monks could travel far to Japan to teach Buddhism. These eight words also reflect the friendly relations between China and Japan.