What are the customs of Guangdong Zhongyuan Festival?
On July 15, people in Qujiang County offered sacrifices to their ancestors, as well as to the king of the dog's head, and rewarded God with little boys and girls singing and dancing in colorful clothes.
People in Guishan County regard July 14 as the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that because Yuan soldiers went south in those days, in order to avoid chaos, the festival was celebrated one day in advance.
In Chenghai county, ancestor worship and kitchen god are held on the Mid-Yuan Festival.
People in the central plains of Deqing made cakes with winter leaves wrapped in powder, which were called "bridges" to worship their ancestors.
In ancient Shigu, Chaoyang County, wealthy families would buy plows, waterwheels and even girls from poor families, write them on paper and scatter them when giving food. If you can't afford farm tools or a wife, you can get a voucher.
What to eat in Guangdong Mid-Autumn Festival?
1, eat rice noodles
In the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dongguan has the custom of eating rice flour.
Step 2 eat ducks
3, eat rough tea and light rice
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Step 4 eat light food
Step 5 Eat "jiaozi Cake"
The custom of Guangzhou Zhongyuan Festival
On the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, people burn paper to pay homage to their ancestors. The "Shameiliang" ancestral temple in Chebei Village, Tianhe District has held the activity of "swinging Chinese Yuan" for 500 years. The so-called "Swing Mid-Autumn Festival" is to offer sacrifices to celestial officials, local officials and water officials, and pray for good weather and good harvests. "Shameiliang" in Chebei Village may be the only clan in Guangdong Province that retains this custom.
The Yuan Dynasty Pendulum was placed on the 15th to 19th lunar month.
It's the same time as the folk "July and a half", "Ghost Festival" or the Buddhist "Kasahara Festival", which all falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, but the Mid-Yuan Festival comes from Taoism and is called Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and Xia Yuan from January, July and October 15th. Shangyuan is the celestial official, Zhongyuan is the local official, Xia Yuan is the water official, and Zhongyuan Festival is in charge of weather and harvest.
In Chebei village, there is a special ceremony to worship local officials, and women in their forties and fifties gather to worship local officials in order to have a good weather and a good harvest.
Although after entering the seventh month of the lunar calendar, ancestor worship can be seen everywhere in Guangzhou. However, none of them are as formal and grand as Chebei Village. Yesterday, various handicrafts, colorful dragon boats and embroidered pearl lanterns were placed on the altar of Shameiliang Ancestral Hall in Chebei Village. Traditionally, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be held on the 15th to 19th day of the lunar calendar, and there are large pots of vegetarian dishes for lunch and dinner, so you can enjoy them by donating 35 yuan sesame oil.
Handicrafts and ceremonies are similar to begging festivals.
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Although the handicrafts and ceremonies of "Yuan Dynasty Pendulum" are very similar to those of Begging for Clevership Festival, there are still some differences. There is no cowherd and weaver girl, and there is no seven-niang toilet basin. Instead, there are three pieces of clothes, namely the heavenly officer (blessing), the local officer (disaster relief) and the water officer (relief). These three clothes will be hung high above the altar. And Tanabata is dominated by women, and the Central Plains is dominated by men and women.
At present, "Shameiliang" in Chebei Village may be the only clan in Guangdong Province that still retains this custom. Tanabata and Zhongyuan are only one week apart. Generally speaking, there is no Central Plains in Tanabata, and there is no Tanabata in the Central Plains, so Zhu Cun does not put the Central Plains, and Chepi does not put Tanabata. The custom of celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival in the north is relatively simple, mainly burning incense and so on. And I can't find the custom of putting the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Some people think that the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they honestly stay at home. On July 15, they rushed out to have supper, but others thought July 15 was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some people have two days off.
Pan Jianming introduced that there is another story. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, it was always the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15. By the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan soldiers attacked the Song Dynasty. "People are afraid to wait until tomorrow to worship local officials. As the Yuan soldiers get closer, they will set up local officials one day in advance. Until now, many people still celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 14. "