2. It evolved from offering sacrifices to land gods. In farming society, the harvest of crops is very important to farmers, so people often make sacrifices to the land. In the past, there was a saying that spring sowing, summer harvest, autumn harvest and winter storage. In autumn, farmers will make sacrifices to the land gods. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is the harvest time of crops, so it may be a custom passed down from this.
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Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:
Eating moon cakes, the word "moon cakes" was first seen in Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a cake-shaped food like Ling Hua cake. Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival with tasting moon cakes, which symbolized family reunion.
Drinking osmanthus wine, drinking osmanthus wine Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, people look up at the bright moon, smell the bursts of Gui Xiang thinking about WU GANG cutting osmanthus, drink a glass of osmanthus wine, and celebrate the sweet family gathering, which has become a holiday enjoyment.
Mid-Autumn Festival is popular in many areas in the south, and male prostitutes are popular in old Beijing. In addition, there are the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangzhou, the burning tower in Anhui and the dragon dance in Hong Kong. Many ethnic minorities also have the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival, such as jumping on the moon and Yue Bai, which greatly enriches our traditional festival culture.
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