1. Eating mooncakes is a long-standing traditional custom in my country.

Whenever the wind is clear, the moon is bright, and the fragrance of cinnamon is refreshing, every family eats moon cakes and admires the moon, having a festive reunion with a unique flavor.

Moon cakes, as a kind of food shaped like a full moon and filled with delicious fillings, appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty.

By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, mooncakes had become a Mid-Autumn Festival delicacy.

2. Eat duck Eat duck. Mulao folks in Yunnan, my country, buy pancakes and kill ducks on August 15th to celebrate this traditional festival.

Legend has it that the place where the Mulao people lived in the past had good mountains and rivers, and it was like spring all year round.

Livestock in every village are prosperous, and crops are abundant every year.

But one year, the "Fan Gui Lao" suddenly came, killing people, setting fires, robbing and raping everywhere, making Mulao restless day and night.

There was a sugar seller, his wife and their three sons in the village, who were determined to take the lead in the resistance.

They came up with a plan: to connect the villagers by traveling to the village to sell candy, and to kill Fangui Lao together on the night of August 15th.

Sure enough, most of the "fangui guys" were beaten to death, and some jumped into the river and turned into ducks.

The Mulao people took the ducks back to the village and killed them as a delicious meal to celebrate their victory.

From then on, in order to commemorate the three members of the sugar seller's family, Mulao people would buy pancakes and kill ducks every August 15th to educate future generations not to forget the struggle against aggression.

3. Eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival is believed to improve eyesight.

According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrients, and the vitamin A it contains is an important substance for the visual pigment of the eyes.

Eating snails can improve eyesight, which makes sense.

But why must we be particularly keen on eating during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Some people point out that around the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the time when the snails are empty and there are no small snails in the abdomen, so the meat is particularly plump.

This is the best time to eat snails.

Nowadays, among the people in Guangzhou, many families have the habit of frying snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

4. Eating taro Eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and it also means not believing in evil.

"Chaozhou Fu Zhi" written by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty said: "Playing with the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, peeling taro and eating it is called peeling ghost skin."

Peeling ghosts and eating them is like Zhong Kui's spirit of exorcising ghosts, which is respectable.

5. Drink osmanthus wine. Drink osmanthus wine. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people look up at the osmanthus in the middle of the moon, smell the fragrance of osmanthus, drink a cup of osmanthus honey wine, celebrate the sweetness of the family, and gather together happily, which has become a kind of festival.

Enjoy the beauty.

Osmanthus is not only for viewing, but also has food value.

Extended information: Mid-Autumn Festival customs: Playing with lanterns. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many game activities. The first is playing with lanterns.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major lantern festivals in my country, and people play with lanterns during the festival.

Of course, there is no large-scale lantern festival like the Lantern Festival during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Playing with lanterns is mainly done among families and children.

Lanterns As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, "Old Wulin Stories" records the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival, including the activity of "putting a "little red" lantern into the river to float and play."

People who play with lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival are mostly concentrated in the south.

For example, at the Foshan Autumn Color Fair mentioned above, there are various kinds of lanterns: sesame lanterns, eggshell lanterns, wood shaving lanterns, straw lanterns, fish scale lanterns, chaff lanterns, melon seed lanterns, bird and animal flower tree lanterns, etc.

People admire.

In Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places, Mid-Autumn Festival activities are carried out on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, and the trees are also erected, which means that the lights are put up high.

With the help of their parents, children tie up rabbit lanterns, carambola lanterns or square lanterns with bamboo paper, hang them horizontally on short poles, and then erect them on high poles. When they are skilled, the colorful lights shine, adding to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

A scene.

Children often compete with each other to see who can erect taller, more lanterns and the most exquisite lights.

In addition, there are sky lanterns, namely Kongming lanterns, which are made of large paper lanterns. Candles are burned under the lanterns, and the heat rises, causing the lanterns to fly in the air, attracting people to laugh and chase.

In addition, there are various lanterns carried by children to enjoy under the moonlight.

References: Baidu Encyclopedia - Mid-Autumn Festival Food Culture References: Baidu Encyclopedia - Mid-Autumn Festival Folk Customs