In Chaoshan, there has been a custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai since ancient times, but Yue Bai is a matter for hipsters, women and children. "Women don't sacrifice stoves, men don't look at the moon" has been an example since ancient times. Yue Bai, a hipster, is called a moon worshipper. The moon belongs to Yin, named Taiyin Niang, and the folk call it Yueniang. Yue Bai's important wish is to find a good husband. There is a folk song in Chaoshan: "Mid-Autumn Night, Goddess of the Moon. Deep worship, reunion. A good husband makes a good marriage. Reunion this year, reunion next year. Reunion every year. "

In Chaoshan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, housewives of all households are busy grinding glutinous rice into powder, then mixing it with white syrup and stirring it evenly, and then pressing it into hollow parts with wooden molds. When you press it hard, it will become pieces of "moon cakes" with different shapes and sizes. "Moon cakes" are as beautiful as snow and innocent. Some moon cakes with animal shapes make children fondle them. There is also a kind of "sweet bean peach", which is cooked with peanuts and kneaded into a peach shape with maltose, which is particularly crisp. On the afternoon of Mid-Autumn Festival, every family has to worship their ancestors. Therefore, some people start to be busy in the early morning of Mid-Autumn Festival, even a day or two in advance. Roast goose in red, make fruit, buy tribute, so busy.

When the night of March 5 comes and the Jade Rabbit rises, people put the Eight Immortals Table in the middle of the yard, and then tie an arch on the Eight Immortals Table with two sugar cane, which is called the Moon Palace Gate. When offering sacrifices to the moon, children are often asked to provide newly bought stationery-pens, textbooks and schoolbags. And pray for "Mother Moon" to bless her children to be smart and get excellent grades. And pinch a little incense ash, carefully wrap it in red paper, and then send it down with "water from the well", saying that it is "elixir" given by "Moon Mother", which can make people smart and healthy. Listener friends, do you remember your mother's pious expression of putting your new stationery on the altar? That is the mother's most sincere prayer for her children, hoping that "A Niang" can bless their children to succeed in their studies and get ahead.

Children become dragons and women become phoenixes, which is the expectation of parents. They will take some ashes from the altar, carefully wrap them and soak them in "well water" for children to drink. It is said that it is a panacea given by "auntie", and it will be witty and sensitive after drinking. Although this statement is not credible, it reflects the yearning of the elders for a better life.

Walking through Chaozhou's urban and rural areas on Mid-Autumn Festival night, you can still hear mysterious drums and melodious strings. People shuttled between the riddles in various streets and communities, stopped at the pavilion and listened to the tide music in front of the ancestral temple, which was very lively.

At dusk, the Jade Rabbit rises, and the activities of the hipsters enjoying the moon begin. The Mid-Autumn Festival can take various forms according to their different hobbies and conditions. Hipsters may hold family dinners under the moon, telling children ancient fairy tales such as "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon", "WU GANG chopped laurel" and "Jade Rabbit smashed medicine" to enjoy family happiness; Or old moon cakes, wine, grapefruit, persimmon, carambola, pineapple, pomegranate, sweet oil, olives, bananas, taro and other foods are placed in the courtyard and balcony, and the whole family can enjoy the best holiday products together in the silver moonlight. Yue Bai is outdoors, and the residents upstairs in the city are on the balcony, facing Mother Moon. If you encounter "the autumn moon is in the clouds", you should wait for a little moonlight to worship. I always hope that Mother Moon can give you glory. In rural areas, women often show some handicrafts on these sacrifices, such as building Tashan Mountain with sticky rice and rice noodles, sticking pomelo with paper-cuts, tying peacocks and oil gan with branches and leaves, and dressing white doves with pomelo teeth. This is rare in Shantou. Yue Bai, a modern man, has a lot of goods in the market, which is convenient for shopping, and he is not as skilled as before. Or try to occupy the restaurant and play with the moon, so as to see the moonlight first; Or go boating across the river in Shantou Port, Zhongshan Park and Jinsha Park. Or visit the market and see the lively scene of the holiday night market; The women of hipsters also dress up to travel, communicate with each other and play in the moonlight.