The autumn wind is clear and bright.
The autumn wind thinned Meng Lan's slender waist.
Every year tonight, half a month hangs in the air.
Yang in Yin, Yin in Yin
Tread on tung leaves all over the ground.
My heart is like an arrow flying south
Moonlight reflected, candlelight flickering.
It hurts to open a wound after worrying about it.
Layer upon layer, piece by piece, circle by circle
Bit by bit, a little bit, a wisp
Burning endless long and short life.
Gathering is today, leaving is also today.
No one is seen when we get together, and no shadow is seen when we leave.
When the leaves gather and disperse, the crow returns to its nest.
Time flies, and it's a long way to go.
2. Poems about mourning on the Mid-Autumn Festival 1, "Five Poems of Leaving Thoughts, Part Four" Tang Yuan Zhen once found it difficult to cross the sea, forever amber.
Hurried by the flowers in the walk, lazy look back; This reason, half because of the ascetic ascetic, half because of you once you. Translation: I have been to the sea, and the water elsewhere is not enough; Clouds in other places are not called clouds except Wushan Mountain.
Hastily walked through the flowers, too lazy to look back; This reason is partly due to the abstinence of monks and partly due to the fact that you once had. Appreciation: This is a work to mourn the death of his wife Wei Cong.
The poet praised the love between husband and wife and expressed his loyalty and nostalgia for Wei Cong by using the metaphor of "asking for things to express his feelings" and the words of vigilance. The first two sentences, "Once the sea was difficult for water, forever amber", were changed from the article "He who watches the sea is difficult for water, and he who swims in the gate of saints is difficult for words" in Mencius.
The comparison between the two places is similar, but Mencius is a simile, and the metaphor of "watching the sea" is "swimming at the gate of saints", and the metaphor is obvious; And these two sentences are metaphors, and the metaphor is not obvious. The vast expanse of the sea dwarfs the water elsewhere.
Wushan is facing Yunfeng, facing the Yangtze River, and the clouds are steaming. 2, "Dream of Micro" Tang Bai Juyi came to join hands with dreams at night, and tears were not collected in the morning.
Zhangpu is old and sick for three times, and Xianyang stays in the grass for eight times in autumn. You bury the mud under the spring and pin the bones, and I send snow all over the world.
Ah Wei Han Lang went to the next time, but did you know that the night station was full of ignorance? I dreamed of playing with you hand in hand at night, but I didn't wipe my handkerchief when I woke up in the morning with tears. I fell ill three times in Zhangpu, and it has been eight years since Chang 'an grew grass.
I miss you passing away, and your bones have turned into sand. I still temporarily live in the world with white hair and hair. Ah Wei Han Lang has passed away one after another, can you know the gloom? 3, "Crying Li Shangyin, the second" Don Cui Jue is vain and has never been open in his life.
Birds crow and flowers fall on people, but bamboo dies and tung withers and phoenix doesn't come. A good horse is full of sorrow because there is no owner.
Don't sigh in Jiuquan, and send satellites into the night stage. Empty has a brilliant talent, and his mind has never been unfolded for a moment in his life.
Where do birds cry and flowers fall, and bamboo dead tung withered phoenix birds no longer fly. A good horse is bent because it has no owner, and a bosom friend loses his heart because of a broken string.
Hades don't have to sigh that Yin and Yang are separated, and satellites are sent to the grave. Extended data:
The festive significance of the Mid-Autumn Festival: From the legends about July and a half, we can deeply realize that the sacrifice in July and a half has a dual significance, one is to show filial piety in memory of ancestors, and the other is to carry forward the righteous act of pushing oneself and others and being charitable.
This is all from the perspective of compassion, which is very human. Therefore, while celebrating Zhongyuan, we should get rid of the ghost's point of view and look forward to mutual love.
As far as its cultural connotation is concerned, the 14th/15th of July is also one of the traditional ancestor worship festivals in China, and its culture reflects a belief. July and a half belong to intangible cultural heritage, which is a kind of culture and an ancient and modern tradition of remembering ancestors. This tradition embodies the ancient people's thought of "being cautious in the end and pursuing the future", and its cultural core is to respect ancestors and do filial piety.
3. The Mid-Autumn Festival poem "Crying for Li Shangyin II" Tang: Cui Jue is vain and has never been open in his life.
Birds crow and flowers fall on people, but bamboo dies and tung withers and phoenix doesn't come. A good horse is full of sorrow because there is no owner.
Don't sigh in Jiuquan, and send satellites into the night stage. Empty has a brilliant talent, and his mind has never been unfolded for a moment in his life.
Where do birds cry and flowers fall, and bamboo dead tung withered phoenix birds no longer fly. A good horse is bent because it has no owner, and a bosom friend loses his heart because of a broken string.
Hades don't have to sigh that Yin and Yang are separated, and satellites are sent to the grave. Extended data:
The festive significance of the Mid-Autumn Festival: From the legends about July and a half, we can deeply realize that the sacrifice in July and a half has a dual significance, one is to show filial piety in memory of ancestors, and the other is to carry forward the righteous act of pushing oneself and others and being charitable.
This is all from the perspective of compassion, which is very human. Therefore, while celebrating Zhongyuan, we should get rid of the ghost's point of view and look forward to mutual love.
As far as its cultural connotation is concerned, the 14th/15th of July is also one of the traditional ancestor worship festivals in China, and its culture reflects a belief. July and a half belong to intangible cultural heritage, which is a kind of culture and an ancient and modern tradition of remembering ancestors. This tradition embodies the ancient people's thought of "being cautious in the end and pursuing the future", and its cultural core is to respect ancestors and do filial piety.
4. Halloween, a modern poem, Halloween
Carnival because of loneliness?
Repression is fear
Face loneliness squarely!
Understand that we all have prototypes of witches,
Have the courage to wear it.
Black pointed bucket hat
The broom brought death.
He is the most sincere friend.
Come when you should, and take away what you should.
It's better than saying "live forever"
Shouting "a thousand generations will last forever"
Hypocrite!
This night, the demons danced around.
Pumpkins are teething tonight.
I'm determined to fall in love with this night
Brave sleepy hollow.
The dullness of 364 nights
In order to wait for a night of indulgence
Hold a gloomy sickle
Take off the coat of innocence
Youth is fleeting.
Passion only burns for a moment.
Who cares about moral rules?
I just want tonight's fling! ! !
I don't know if that's what you're talking about
5. Ask for essays or modern poems about festivals "Laba". Last night, the slow fire accompanied with my moaning of fever burned my mother's eyes, and the cereals and beans pointed by my grandmother gave me the names one by one. My neighbor Huang Ernai swallowed her saliva and stood at the door, and she also swallowed her grandmother's urging eyes and two pairs of tightly bound but hastily exaggerated feet. Grandma went to the temple. Today is the anniversary of the Buddha's enlightenment. My mother said something and prayed quietly for a while, and I remembered it. Remember the kind smile of the temple gods in Laba. My mother told me to drink more and the warmth in my stomach. In addition to the evening, the insects and ants hiding in the corner, including the yellow New Year pictures and the smoky smoke accumulated on the floor for a year, are all silent in an open basket at the door. Their fate is drifting. My mother said that she would send them to the river bank and pour them into the river later. The old ones left, and the new ones came with hot flour paste. Father cocked his head and asked about the Spring Festival couplets and the door gods' bias. Grandma pinched her fingers and murmured the Buddha's prayer. The ancestors had paid homage to the ancestors, and the food was reserved ... and the food was full of fragrance, waiting for the night to come, waiting for a string of red firecrackers to ignite the jubilation tonight. Mother nagged about the new clothes she would wear tomorrow morning. It was still brand-new at the head of the bed. We squinted at my father and pretended to mysteriously put the lucky money into the pillow. Next, on New Year's Eve, holding hard paper money, dreams are so sweet. Spring Festival, the traditional night is awakened by the cry of a firework, and the drowsiness is disturbed. There are also bloodshot eyes swimming in the dawn and exciting new clothes, shoes and socks. The New Year is a broken brain, and the grandfather who is hanging on the dry cigarette pot is squatting at the door. There is no bright goalkeeper. The sun comes in through the window gap and has breakfast with us, and then goes out. The new swing on the crookneck tree shakes the new colorful morning. The new mill on the mill is spinning in the autumn, and the new dusk is laughing. The willow tree is green, and the grave is green. Grandparents will talk all day about whether their parents and grandparents escaped from hell or went to heaven. How about the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the underworld? Our children's hearts are so scared that their eyes seem to be green. Mom and Dad began to prepare for going to the grave. Paper, paper, incense and evocation, hanging paper, food, bowls and cooked three sacrificial offerings came to their ancestors along the bumpy road. Grandpa wiped his tears at the grave and lit a bunch of thorns. Grandma cried for a while and pulled away the grave. A few absinthe parents were all red and swollen, kneeling in front of the grave and burning incense paper money ... Today, when I was sitting in front of my parents' grave for more than 20 years, I couldn't restrain the rushing tears. The rice dumplings were full of fish, shrimp and realgar wine for thousands of years, and the calamus mugwort on the threshold was dry for thousands of years and green for thousands of years. ) The mighty cleansing song of the Miluo River and the injustice are in China's eternal biography (Note) In the Tang Dynasty, Wen Xiu wrote a poem "Dragon Boat Festival": "The festival is divided into the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is rumored that it is Qu Yuan.
I can laugh at the emptiness of the Chu River, and I can't wash it straight. Grandpa's Cowherd and Weaver Girl under the Seven Nights have grown up, and the Milky Way has become a nebula, and the Queen Mother has become a myth. I have never seen magpies flying over the south wall, and there is no hazy figure. Tonight, the moonlight is like a hook, and the Milky Way is calm. I guess the Cowherd and Weaver Girl are still talking about the love stories they should say. Ghost Festival "July and a half, Don't run around. "The words that seriously jumped out of grandma's shriveled mouth were more like a ghost's exhortation. My mother continued grandma's instructions. She burned some paper money that I didn't know who was collecting and spilled some water and rice that I didn't know who was enjoying except the dog. I huddled under the covers and didn't see my ancestors turn into ghosts to touch my head and air-condition my neck. Those poor ghosts made me respect and fear until my parents died. I hope they would sit in the living room and watch TV one day and frighten my eyes. I wonder if Chang 'e saw grandpa say that WU GANG was chopping osmanthus trees again, which made our eyes fly and fly. My father said that I was really like a curious jade rabbit, but I didn't get Chang 'e's favor. That night, the immortal moon was in my mother's arms, and it was smoked yellow by the high fragrance lingering at the door. The graves of grandparents and parents are the heights of Chongyang. They have been buried in the land for a lifetime, and the chrysanthemum visitors will thank them after leaving.
6. Introduce the Mid-Autumn Festival to remind you that there are many precautions about Ghost Festival among the people. 1. Avoid hanging wind chimes on the bedside, which is easy to attract, and sleeping is the most likely time to be "invaded". 2. Don't swim at night, otherwise you will only ask for trouble ... 3. Avoid pulling your feet, as the saying goes, "One foot hairs, three ghosts". Therefore, people with more hairy feet are afraid to get close to ghosts (there seems to be a saying that they can't trim their nails on this day). 4. Burning the paper on non-specific occasions is for that, and the gold paper is for the gods. The result of burning the paper will only attract more that. 5. Stealing the food that belongs to that, and using it without their consent will only bring hard luck for themselves.
6. Dry clothes at night (especially red and black clothes). When that person thinks your clothes look good, he will borrow them and leave his smell on them ... 7. Don't call out your name when you call your name for a night outing. Try to match them with code names to avoid being remembered by that person. 8. Swimming At this time, the one who will play the ghost-lifting game with you will be taken away if he is not careful.
9. Avoid putting banyan trees in front of your house because banyan trees are shade-gathering plants, and they are also that favorite, unless you want your good brothers to come and sit at home. 10. The most popular time to stay up late is in the middle of the night, and the most haunting time is also in the middle of the night. In contrast, who will win? 1 1.* The wall usually likes to cling to the cold wall to rest, which can easily lead to ghosts 12. Pick up money from the roadside, which is used to buy off the cow's head and horse's face. If it infringes on their things, it will be easy for them to teach them a lesson …, 13. It is easy to turn back and walk in the middle of nowhere or be sparsely populated. Don't look back easily, it may be that … 14. People who can't cross their shoulders everywhere have three fires, one on their heads and one on their left and right shoulders. As long as one of them is extinguished, it is easy to be "upper body".
15. The one with the slipper head facing the bed will judge where the stranger is by looking at the toe. If the toe is facing the bed, then that one will go to bed and sleep with you … 16. Chopsticks are inserted in the middle of the meal, which is like putting incense on an incense burner. This will only attract that one to share food with you … 17. Take photos at night. Adults always call their children home when they don't go out at night, because it's easy to encounter that when they go out.
Scared, huh? This kind of culture is very popular among the people. Don't panic in case of paranormal, such as ghosts, ghosts hitting the wall, etc., concentrate all your attention and open your eyes.
Or read namo amitabha! ! [/color] Hehe, after reading the replies from many fish friends, it seems to be a simple feudal festival. In fact, the Mid-Yuan Festival (Ghost Festival) is not a simple feudal festival, but a traditional festival in China, which has rich connotations. There is Halloween in the west, and we in China call it Ghost Festival in the Mid-Yuan Dynasty, which is also called the Mid-Yuan Festival by Taoism. In addition to worshipping our ancestors, the Buddhists also prepare some dishes, wines and drinks. In Buddhism, there are so-called heaven officials, earth officials and water officials, which are called three officials. These three officials are representatives of the jade emperor sent to the world. Every year, they should inspect the good and evil of the world and report to heaven.
The birthdays of the three officials are on the 15th of the first month, the 15th of July and the 15th of October, which are also called Sanyuan (Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan, Xiayuan). On July 15th, it was called Zhongyuan, which coincided with the time when the local officials and schools were granted forgiveness of sins. On this day, he had to take out a thick roster and draw pictures according to the performances of immortals, mortals and animals. The Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15th of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "Ghost Festival", lasted for one month from the first day of the seventh lunar month until July 30th.
Buddhism and Taoism have different interpretations of the significance of this festival. Buddhism emphasizes filial piety; Taoism focuses on "Purdue" for those orphaned souls released from the underworld. The ceremony for Buddhists to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival is called the "Orchid Festival". Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only to pay homage to their dead relatives, but also to commemorate Mulian as a day for Buddhists to praise his filial piety.
Mulian's story of saving her mother comes from the Tripitaka Sutra (Buddhism introduced from India). According to the records in the Tripitaka Sutra, Mulian saw his dead mother, Liu Siniang, tortured by a group of hungry ghosts after experiencing hardships in the underworld. Mulian gave her vegetable rice in a bowl, but the vegetable rice was taken away by the hungry ghosts. Mulian asked the Buddha for help, and the Buddha was moved by Mulian's filial piety and awarded the Orchid Sutra.
Mulian, as instructed, offered her mother a vegetarian meal filled with rare fruits in an orchid basin on July 15th, and the starving mother finally got food. In order to commemorate Mulian's filial piety, Buddhists hold a grand "Orchid Club" every year.
Taoists believe that from the beginning of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the underworld opened the gate of ghosts and released ghosts to the world to receive sacrifices. In order to avoid the interference and harm of ghosts and gods, the "Zhongyuan Pudu" was set up on July 15 to offer food and burn ghost paper to appease those lonely souls without owners.
Celebration methods: The Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as Ghost Festival and Orchid Festival. It falls on the 15th day of July of the lunar calendar every year. The first statement about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is that the 5th day of July/kloc-of the lunar calendar is also called Ghost Festival or Orchid Festival, which is a big festival to worship ghosts and ghosts. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from Taoism, and later Buddhism changed to the now commonly known Ghost Festival. In Indian, Yulan Festival means "hanging upside down". "Hanging upside down" means that the mother of Mulian, the top ten disciple of Sakyamuni, suffered from hunger after her death and could not eat.
Later, I got help from Sakyamuni. Support the ten gods and buddhas with hundreds of flavors and five fruits and save the mother through merits.
So now, in order to sacrifice the lonely souls, Purdue Festival is held in July in the lunar calendar, which is now called Ghost Festival. Generally speaking, in ancient times, people were reluctant to make important things such as marriage this month.
The second statement: Regarding the origin of the Ghost Festival, it is said that the Bodhisattva Diksitigarbha, also known as the [terrifying], came to the underworld of Yin Dynasty after his mother died, and was imprisoned in his cell. He was a filial son, and he couldn't bear to see his mother suffer. On July 15th, he had an affair, and let the kid guarding the cell secretly open the prison door and let his mother out. Who knows this? The ghosts who ran back to their hometown demanded money from their families.
7. From January to December, there were no flowers in the traditional festivals, and only this spring jasmine bloomed in the first month.
I wanted to wear a flower on my head, and it suddenly occurred to me that daffodils were as white as snow. In February, the dragon looked up and the third sister dressed up and went to the colorful building.
Prince Sun's son, tens of millions, hit Pinggui as a red hydrangea. In March, it's a clear day, and peach blossoms set each other off.
Come here again today, the girl does not know where to go, only the peach blossom is still, smile in full bloom in the spring breeze. In April, the wheat shoots are yellow, and the thorn plums bloom on the roadside.
Aucklandia flowers on the gazebo, and roses are blooming. (Stack board) On May 5th, it was the end of the sun, and pomegranate bloom was full of red.
Miss Lang Jun is looking forward to it. You, Mr. Xiang, come to the Lanfang quickly. In June, it is a dog day, and the master and servant enjoy the white lotus by the pool.
In the mud, the quality is clean, and Tingting stands in the water. (Running water) In July, on July 7th, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will have a good time.
Magpies bridge the Milky Way, and the ratio of spreading wings in the morning sun is high or low. In August, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the osmanthus fragrance is long.
Chang' e doesn't want to stay in the cold palace, but asks for happiness on earth. In September, on the Ninth Double Ninth Festival, Miss climbed the rockery.
The branches and yellow leaves fall in the west wind, and the five-color proud chrysanthemum is resistant to severe frost. In October, it was cold, and Meng Jiangnv sent clothes to the Great Wall.
A thousand miles away, her husband was in tears, and Holly was fresh in bloom and Ye Er. There are no flowers in the twelfth lunar month, only this pine and cypress can be picked.
Outside Chen Xingyuan and his father, wintersweet flowers are frozen in the snow.
8. Lunar July 15 Ghost Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as Ghost Festival and Orchid Festival. It falls on July 15th of the lunar calendar every year. The poem "Feeling of Mid-Autumn Festival" by Wang Kaitai, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, describes the custom of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in Fujian.
The Mid-Autumn Festival feels that the Dojo is full of ghosts, and the original Yulan is ancient. However, it is strange that the red note is attached to the door, and the meat mountain wine sea celebrates Zhongyuan.
On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, both Buddhism and Taoism summed up their criticisms, and both of them conducted corresponding textual criticism activities. The difference is that the Taoist investigation and report point to the people, that is, the birth date of the school. Buddhism's summary comments are made internally.
Both the external school birth date and the internal criticism meeting show that both Buddhism and Taoism attach importance to July 15th. Or explain the importance of this day in Buddhist and Taoist festivals.
Coupled with the so-called ghost festival among the people, this time is even more colorful. The birthday of the school and the day of self-indulgence are only a very small part of the customs activities in this season. In addition, there are also important customs-saving activities in the year, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors and recommending new ones, putting lights on the ghosts, and the Bonsai Festival.
The Bonin Festival is an important ceremony in Buddhist New Year's Day rituals. For example, it is held on July 15th every year, so the Mid-Yuan Festival is also known as the Bonin Festival. Despite thousands of years of active obedience and passive domestication, the trace of Buddhism clearly remains in the activities of the common people in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The first is the name. Euglena is a transliteration of Sanskrit, which means "hanging upside down". Together, Euglena and basin are lifesavers, that is, "rescuing the upside down"; In addition, the orchid basin can also be interpreted as "saving the hanging basin", highlighting its characteristics of "putting a hundred meals".
Pang Long, a poet in Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem titled "Bamboo Branches with Mixed Effects in Chang 'an", which depicts the scene of children playing with lotus leaf lanterns on Mid-Autumn Eve. Chang' an miscellaneous bamboo branches and trees are cool, frosty and clear, and the mid-January is on the ninth day.
Children compete for green lotus leaves, and thousands of silver flowers scatter the fire city. According to the etiquette of the Buddhist Bonsai, the river lantern is just one of the small programs, and it doesn't seem so important.
In the folk activities of Mid-Autumn Festival, it is more important to put on lights. River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". Generally, they put lamps or candles on the base, and they are placed in rivers, lakes and seas at Mid-Autumn Festival, leaving them floating.
The purpose of the river lantern is to drown ghosts and other ghosts in Pudu water. A passage from the biography of Hulan River by Hong Xiao, a modern woman writer, is the best footnote of this custom: "July 15th is a ghost festival; Dead ghosts can't support themselves, and lingering in hell is very bitter. They want to support themselves, but they can't find their way.
On this day, if a fool holds a river lamp, he will have to support his life. " Probably this road from the underworld to the dead is very dark, and you can't see the road without a lamp.
So putting on the lights is a good thing. It can be seen that the living gentlemen have not forgotten the dead ghosts.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as Ghost Festival. Folk traditional festivals.
It's on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, and it's also on the fourteenth of July. On this day, families offer sacrifices to their ancestors, and some even hold family dinners, and salute them like a ritual.
Three rounds of wine shows that after the ancestors' feast, the family will sit together and have a holiday dinner. After the blackout, take firecrackers, paper money and incense sticks, find a quiet riverside or pond flat, and sprinkle a circle with lime to indicate the restricted area.
Then pour some water and rice in the circle, burn some paper money, set off firecrackers, send our ancestors on their way and turn to the "underworld". In the past, on the seventh day of July, the people would take the ghosts of their ancestors home through a certain ceremony, and provide tea and rice for three times every morning, noon and dusk until July 15th.
Now, superstition is gradually eliminated, and the form of memorial service is retained as a memory and commemoration of ancestors. Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival is scheduled for July 15th of the lunar calendar, commonly known as July 30.
Legend has it that all ghosts were released in the underworld on that day, and people generally carried out activities of offering sacrifices to ghosts. Where there is a new funeral, people will go to a new grave, but in general, ghosts and ghosts will be sacrificed at local places. Therefore, it is a festival centered on ghost worship as a whole, and it is the largest ghost festival among the people in China.
July used to be a small autumn, and a number of crops were ripe. As a rule, the people wanted to worship their ancestors, offering sacrifices such as new rice, and reporting to their ancestors about Qiu Cheng. Song Meng's "Dream of China in Tokyo" said in Volume 1: "The day before the Middle Yuan Dynasty, I bought exercise leaves (leaves of a plant with fragrance) to line the table when I enjoyed the sacrifice, and I also bought a nest of hemp seeds, which was also tied at the foot of the table, which was the intention of my ancestor Qiu Cheng.
"China people, who pay attention to filial piety when the crops are ripe in the autumn of July, will report to their ancestors and ask them to taste new things, so they make a routine sacrifice to their ancestors in July. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoism set three sessions and five lunar days, among which July 7th was the moral wax, and it was also the day when the regular Taoist people came to the institute for examination.
The main content of the May Day is to offer sacrifices to ancestors. The date of ancestor worship in July was later fixed on this day with Taoism setting the birthday of Zhongyuan local officials and the corresponding date of sacrifice on July 15.
Taoist Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a religious festival in Taoism, but also a folk festival. At the beginning of Taoism, there was the worship of three officials.
Zhengyi League believed in the three officials, namely, the heavenly official, the local official and the water official, which was later called the Three Officials Emperor. They each have their own responsibilities. Heaven officials bless Shangyuan, local officials forgive sins for Zhongyuan, and water officials call Xiayuan Jiee.
It is said in the Taoist book that during these three days, the three officials should correct the crimes committed on earth to determine rewards and punishments. Among them, the local officials are in charge of the underworld, and of course the focus of the inspection is on ghosts.
So on this day, all the ghosts will leave the underworld and accept the examination. On this day, Daomen made a routine ceremony to celebrate the birthday of the local officials. At the same time, the believers also funded a fast to pray for the ancestors' blessings, asking the local officials to forgive their sins and ascend to heaven early.
This is the main reason why the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a folk festival.