Mid-Autumn Festival handwritten newspaper

There is a custom of worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chaoshan, Guangdong, mainly for women and children. There is a common saying that "men do not worship the full moon, women do not worship the stove". There is also a local custom of eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is a proverb in Chaoshan: "When the river and stream meet the mouth, the taro will be eaten." August is the taro harvest season, and farmers are accustomed to using taro to worship their ancestors. Burning pagodas on Mid-Autumn Festival is also popular in some places.

Folks in the Jiangnan area also have various customs during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Nanjing people love to eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they must eat Jinling's famous dish, osmanthus duck. "Osmanthus duck" is on the market when osmanthus is fragrant. It is fat but not greasy and delicious. Jiangnan women are skillful in turning the things chanted in poems into delicacies on the table. Nanjing people call it "celebrating reunion" when they enjoy the moon with their families, "full moon" when they sit together and drink together, and "walking on the moon" when they go out to the market.

In Wuxi County, Jiangsu Province, incense sticks are burned on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. The incense cup is surrounded by gauze and silk, with scenes from the Moon Palace painted on it. There are also incense buckets made of incense threads, with Kuixing and colorful flags tied with paper inserted on them. The Shanghainese Mid-Autumn Festival feast is served with sweet-scented osmanthus honey wine.

In Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province, on the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, every village uses straw to burn earthen pots. After the crock is hot, add vinegar. At this time, the fragrance will fill the whole village. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xincheng County, grass lanterns are hung from the night of August 11th until August 17th. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Wuyuan, children build a hollow pagoda with bricks and tiles. Decorations such as curtains and plaques are hung on the tower. A table is placed in front of the tower and various utensils for worshiping the "God of the Tower" are displayed. At night, lights are lit both inside and outside. Children in Jixi play Mid-Autumn Festival cannons. Mid-Autumn Cannon is made of straw tied into a braid, soaked and then picked up and struck on a stone to make a loud noise and a fire dragon custom. The fire dragon is a dragon made of grass with incense sticks stuck on its body. During the Fire Dragon Tour, a gong and drum team accompanied them, and they visited various villages before being sent to the river.

In addition to eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sichuan people also make cakes, kill ducks, and eat sesame cakes, honey cakes, etc. In some places, orange lanterns are also lit and hung at the door to celebrate. There are also children who put incense on grapefruits and dance them along the street, which is called "Dancing Shooting Star Incense Ball". During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiading County, people worship the Earth God, perform dramas, vocal music and cultural relics, which is called "watching party".

"Bake Cake" is a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival activity unique to southern Fujian for hundreds of years. Six dice are thrown, and the number of red four points on the dice is used to determine the outcome. Scholars, Juren, Jinshi, Tanhua, second place, and number one scholar are the lottery names. This folk custom is still vital in Taiwan, China. Many special Mid-Autumn Festival customs have also been formed in some places. In addition to appreciating the moon, offering sacrifices to the moon, and eating moon cakes, there are also fire dragon dances in Hong Kong, pagodas in Anhui, tree Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangzhou, burning pagodas in Jinjiang, watching the moon at Shihu in Suzhou, moon worship by the Dai people, and moon dancing by the Miao people. , Dong people’s moon-stealing vegetables, Gaoshan people’s ball dance, etc.

Landlords in Guanxian, Laiyang, Guangrao, Youcheng and other places in Shandong also entertain their tenants during the Mid-Autumn Festival. During the Jimo Mid-Autumn Festival, a festival food called "Mai Arrow" is eaten. Lu'an, Shanxi Province, hosted a banquet for their son-in-law during the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xixiang County, Shaanxi Province, men go boating and climb the cliff, while women arrange a banquet. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they must eat watermelon. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are drummers who play drums along the door to ask for rewards.