? Drinking osmanthus wine in Mid-Autumn Festival is a custom, which has the same meaning as the custom of enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival, that is, it means reunion. 1. why can "osmanthus wine" mean "reunion"
? Some people may ask, the moon is round, moon cakes are round, and "round" means "reunion". Therefore, eating moon cakes means reunion, but "osmanthus wine" is not "round". How to understand this?
? Most people should know the famous poem "WU GANG holds out osmanthus wine". This involves a famous fairy tale in ancient times, that is, "Wu Gang cut Guangxi".
? This is a myth and legend. According to legend, in ancient times, a man named WU GANG was sent to the moon. His job was to cut down osmanthus trees in the Moon Palace, but just after he cut them down, he immediately closed them up.
? This story is a story that people think that the shadow in the moon is a laurel tree, which expresses the ancient people's yearning for the moon. According to this story, many words were coined by later generations, such as calling the moon Gui Yue and laurel wheel, and the moon palace the laurel palace, and referring to being admitted to the imperial examination as "winning the laurel" or "winning the laurel in themoon", which led to the evolution of the custom of appreciating and drinking osmanthus wine.
? From this, we also know why we should drink osmanthus wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival, because there are osmanthus trees in the moon, and the osmanthus trees on earth were handed down from WU GANG. Since osmanthus tree represents the moon, osmanthus wine also has the meaning of "reunion".
? Therefore, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes and drinking osmanthus wine have become the "trinity" meaning, all of which have entrusted the beautiful meaning of "reunion" together. Second, look at the implication of "osmanthus wine" from the legend of the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival
? It is generally believed that the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become a traditional festival in China with the same reputation as the Spring Festival.
? Some people think that the Mid-Autumn Festival began with the appreciation of the moon by Emperor Tang Ming. According to records, one mid-autumn night, Tang Minghuang and Yang Guifei played under the moon. When they swam to Xing, they logged into the Moon Palace, where Tang Minghuang also learned half of colorful plumage, which was later supplemented and became a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation. Tang Minghuang never forgets this trip to the Moon Palace. At this moment every year, it is necessary to enjoy the moon. The people also followed suit, and gathered together at the full moon to enjoy the beauty of the world. Over time, it has become a tradition.
? This legend is, of course, a beautiful wish, which entrusts people with their love for the moon and their longing for reunion. Of course, drinking osmanthus wine is also an appreciation of the moon, because the laurel in the moon is the symbol of the moon, and drinking osmanthus wine indirectly expresses the longing and longing for "reunion". Third, the implication of drinking osmanthus wine from the perspective of Yue Bai customs
? Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine. Whenever the festival comes, the whole family get together to enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes and drink osmanthus wine, so as to pin their good wishes of "having a good moon and reuniting people".
? Sacrificing the moon and enjoying it is a grand celebration held in the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, there was a ritual system of offering sacrifices to the sun in the morning in spring and the moon in the evening in autumn. The custom of enjoying the moon has been formed in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once built a "leaning platform" to enjoy the moon, named "watching the toad". There are still many "Yue Bai Altars", "Moon Pavilion" and "Moon Tower" in various parts of China, and the "Moon Altar" in Beijing was built by the royal family during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty to worship the moon.
? In ancient times, Yue Bai was an important activity of Mid-Autumn Festival. Many women hope to pray for "Chang 'e looks like a moon" through Yue Bai. Generally speaking, the Yue Bai ceremony is presided over by a woman, and there is a folk saying that "men don't Yue Bai, and women don't sacrifice stoves". After worshipping the moon god, it is necessary to enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes and drink osmanthus wine as a sign of celebration and reunion.
? Finally, it is emphasized that Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national legal holiday since 28. Today, the Mid-Autumn Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival, is called "the four traditional festivals in China".