Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival:

1. Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival 1: Mid-Autumn Festival evolved slowly from ancient moon worship. The ancient calendar divided each season into three months, namely, Meng Yue, Mid Moon and Ji Yue. August of the lunar calendar is the second month of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn", while August 15th of the lunar calendar is just half of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". At first, this day was designated as a festival for the ancient emperors to sacrifice the moon, and it gradually evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival 2: Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. We are most familiar with this. First, Hou Yi shot out nine suns, and then God gave him a medicine to become immortal. He was reluctant to leave his wife Chang 'e, so he gave it to Chang 'e for safekeeping. On August 15th, Chang 'e took the fairy medicine and went to the moon.

Hou Yi misses Chang 'e, so every year on this day, Chang 'e's favorite food will be placed in the garden, hoping that she will come back for reunion. After that, every year, from generation to generation, it evolved into a festival. Because this day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival.

3. Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival 3: Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from offering sacrifices to land gods. In farming society, crops are very important to farmers, so people often sacrifice land. In autumn harvest, farmers will offer sacrifices to the land gods. The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is just the harvest time of crops, so it gradually evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival custom:

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the most important custom is to enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes.

1. Enjoy the moon. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, China has the custom of enjoying the moon since ancient times, and the Book of Rites records that "the moon falls at dusk", that is, worshipping the moon god. In the Zhou dynasty, every mid-autumn night was held to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon. Set up a big incense table and put on seasonal fruits such as moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums and grapes, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable.

the watermelon should be cut into lotus shapes. In the Tang Dynasty, it was quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was more popular. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival remained the same. In many places, special customs such as burning incense, planting Mid-Autumn Festival, lighting tower lanterns, putting sky lanterns, walking the moon and dancing dragon were formed.

2. Eat moon cakes. There is a custom of eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. At first, moon cakes were used as sacrifices to the moon god. The word "moon cakes" was first seen in Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a cake-shaped food like Linghua cake. Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival with mooncake tasting, which meant family reunion.

Mid-Autumn Festival Poems:

1. Su Shi's "When will there be a bright moon?" in the Song Dynasty: I hope people will live for a long time, and thousands of miles will be beautiful.

I hope people can stay together for a long time and enjoy the beautiful moon together even though they are thousands of miles apart.

2. In Song Dynasty, Xin Qiji's "A Prune Without a Moon in Mid-Autumn Festival": I remember the Mid-Autumn Festival, where the flowers are also in the cup and the moon is also in the cup.

Recalling the Mid-Autumn Festival, I was in the fragrant osmanthus bushes. The flower shadow is reflected in the glass, and so is the bright moon.

3. The Mid-Autumn Moon by Su Shi in the Song Dynasty: This night is not good in this life, so where can I see the bright moon next year?

It's rare to encounter such beautiful scenery as today. But where will I watch the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival next year?

China News Network-the origin, customs and poems of Mid-Autumn Festival.