The Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China and the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. Also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Reunion Festival and August Festival. It is a traditional festival of Han nationality and most ethnic minorities in China, and it is also popular in neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Because autumn (referring to the lunar calendar) is in July, August and September, August is in the middle of the year, and August 30th is in the middle of the year, it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. So there are more people in the sky than family reunion at night, so it is also called reunion festival. Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient custom of worshipping autumn in China and Yue Bai. The Book of Rites states that the son of heaven is in spring, and the sun and moon are in autumn. The Asahi is facing the DPRK, and the evening is in the evening. " "Moon at night" here means Yue Bai. It was formed in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival became popular and was designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. Ouyang Zhan said in "Preface to the Moon of Chang 'an Opera": "August is in autumn. The beginning and end of the season; At night, the moon is in the clouds. From the sky, it is cold and hot, and from the number of months, it is round, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. "
Under the influence of this ancient tradition, China has always had such a custom that every family has a reunion dinner every Mid-Autumn Festival, which brings many relatives and friends together again today. This is an exciting thing. This allows many people in other places to return to their warm homes and enjoy the warmth of their homes. How many wanderers have been away all the year round since ancient times? This makes people often use the full moon and the lack of the moon to describe people's "joys and sorrows", which makes many people sad! In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai's poem "Looking up, I found it was moonlight, and then sinking back, I suddenly remembered home" and so on, "He knows that the dew will be frost tonight, and the moonlight at home is so bright!" Written by Du Fu and written by Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty, "Jiang Nanan is green in the spring breeze, when will the bright moon shine on me?" are all eternal songs! Don't many wanderers use months to express their deep affection for their hometown and their concern and yearning for their loved ones? There are still many "Yue Bai altars" all over China. Su Dongpo wrote in a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisp and stuffing." Yang Guangfu in Qing Dynasty wrote: "The moon cake stuffing is peach meat, and the ice cream is made of icing." "Moon Pavilion" Su Dongpo wrote in his poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisp and stuffing." Yang Guangfu of the Qing Dynasty wrote: "The moon cake stuffing is peach meat, and the ice cream is made of icing." "Full Moon Building" Monument. The "Moon Altar" in Beijing was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and was used for royal sacrifice to the moon. Now most people are sitting around the table "eating cakes and enjoying the moon"!
Moon cakes are also a symbol of reunion. Su Dongpo wrote in a poem: "A small cake is like chewing the moon, and there is pulp in it." In the Qing Dynasty, Yang Guang copied: "Mooncakes are full of peach meat, and ice cream is sweet with sucrose cream." It can be seen that the moon cakes at that time were already meaningful cakes and moons.
The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is also said to be that ordinary people killed boots and destroyed the Yuan Dynasty in order to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Yuan Dynasty. On August 15, put the note "Let's do it together" in the moon cake and pass it on to each other! On August 15th, the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown by ordinary people. Maybe we are eating moon cakes to celebrate the joy of victory now! It is also said that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest season, and it is the joy and happiness for farmers to experience and enjoy the harvest!
Mid-Autumn Festival is happy, symbolizing reunion and full of joy. Let's celebrate this meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival together! "come on
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Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival. After dinner, my parents and I sat happily on the balcony, eating moon cakes, persimmons and enjoying the moon.
A golden full moon has hung high in the sky, and the bright moonlight is sprinkled on the ground, as gentle as a veil. The clouds in the sky are light, the wind is light and the moonlight is beautiful, which constitutes a beautiful painting. In the dark blue night sky, the moon looks rounder, brighter and more beautiful. Can such a beautiful moon not make people feel excited? This full moon is naughty. I got into Sister Yun's arms for a while, talked to the stars for a while, and sang and danced for a while ... No way. At this time, my father said, "In fact, the moon will not shine. It is like a mirror, reflecting the light of the sun to the earth, so it is not hot. "
Soon, a shadow appeared beside the moon. Dad added: "This black shadow is the ocean on the moon, but there is no water in it."
Ah! The bright moon aroused my reverie. "ah! I know that Chang 'e must have regretted it at this moment, and really answered the ancient poem' Chang 'e should regret stealing the elixir, and the sky is high and the clouds are light at night'. Ah! She peeked at Hou Yi. Hou Yi looked at the moon cakes and fruits prepared for Chang 'e on the ground and silently missed Chang 'e. Besides, WU GANG kept cutting down osmanthus trees more than 500 feet high, which grew and grew ... Yutu devoted himself to medicine ... "
Mid-Autumn Festival is really happy. Not only is the full moon, but people also get together with their relatives. The moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is incredible!