At night when the moon is high in the sky, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate. Going out to enjoy the moon, lighting and setting fires, enjoying lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, family reunion and celebrating festivals are all enjoyment.
Folk custom of eating Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, which can be solid or stuffed. Filled with bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, various fruit materials and so on. You can cook, fry, steam and fry when you eat. At first, people called this kind of food "Floating Zi Yuan", and later they called it "Tangtuan" or "Tangyuan". These names "Reunion" are similar in pronunciation, meaning reunion, symbolizing family reunion, harmony and happiness. People also miss their deceased relatives and place their best wishes on future life.
Double Ninth Festival
On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the two suns are heavy, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival", and the Double Ninth Festival is also "Old People's Day". On this day, the old people either admire chrysanthemums to cultivate their sentiments or climb mountains to exercise, adding infinite fun to the evening scenery in Sang Yu.
Autumn is crisp, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, and the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is rich in activities and interesting, including climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating double ninth cake and inserting dogwood.
It also reflects a lot of history and culture.
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival is on August 15th, which is half of August, commonly known as "August and a half". Because people have the custom of inviting relatives and friends to drink and play with the moon at night, as well as the custom that the daughter-in-law will go home when she returns to the province, the Mid-Autumn Festival is called the Reunion Festival with the full moon as the symbol. Because it is said that Emperor Tang Ming visited the Moon Palace on this night, this day is called Mid-Autumn Festival. As for when the Mid-Autumn Festival began, there is no answer in the literature. In ancient times, the monograph Jing Chu Sui Ji, which recorded the New Year season, was the only one that did not record the Mid-Autumn Festival. Even the book "Beginners" written in the Tang Dynasty has no words about "Mid-Autumn Festival".