Eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival is recorded in the "Shunde County Records" during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty: "Looking at the sun in August, eating snails is still fragrant." More importantly, children eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival will improve their eyesight. Before frying snails, the bottom of the snails will be removed. When eating snails, first remove the screw cover and eat snail meat. Then, if you eat a snail in the moonlight, the shell of the snail is open from beginning to end, and the lid of the snail is similar to the eyes, so eating snails is "eyesight".
Eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival is the finale of many Cantonese people. On the one hand, people think that eating snails can improve their eyesight. It is said that eating snails on August 15th can make eyes "bright as autumn moon". Secondly, I think the fat of snails also means beauty; Third, snails have shells, and shelling and eating meat is a sign of "eating heart (new) luck" to ward off evil spirits.
The origin of the name
Mid-Autumn Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the second month of autumn, its symbol is the full moon in May, which is in the middle of Sanqiu, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moonlight on this night is brighter than usual, and it is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival" because the Mid-Autumn Festival is in autumn and August, and it is also called "Autumn Festival" and "August Festival". It is also called "Moon Festival" and "Moon Festival" because the moon and Yue Bai are sacrifices.
Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Day" because families get together and married daughters go home for reunion. Mid-Autumn Festival, all kinds of melons and fruits are mature. Because it is called "Fruit Festival", Dong people call it "Pumpkin Festival" and Mulao people call it "Afterlife Festival". People get together to enjoy the moon, offer sacrifices and celebrate the harvest in the Mid-Autumn Festival.