About the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival The origins, legends and customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival The 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in my country.

This is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival.

This is also the second largest traditional festival in our country after the Spring Festival.

The Origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival In the Chinese lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Zhongqiu.

The moon on August 15th is rounder and brighter than the full moon in other months, so it is also called Moon Eve, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Playing Festival, and Moon Worshiping Festival.

, Girls' Day or Reunion Festival are traditional cultural festivals popular among many ethnic groups across the country.

This night, when people look up at the bright moon in the sky, they naturally look forward to family reunions.

Wanderers who are far away from home also use this to express their longing for their hometown and relatives.

Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the "Reunion Festival".

It is said that the moon is closest to the earth on this night, and the moon is the largest and brightest. Therefore, there has been a custom of drinking and feasting to admire the moon since ancient times. Daughters-in-law who return to their parents' homes must return to their husband's home on this day to express perfection and good luck.

There are also some places that set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16, such as Ningbo, Taizhou, and Zhoushan. This is the same as when Fang Guozhen occupied the three states of Wenzhou, Taizhou, and Ming Dynasty. In order to prevent the attacks of Yuan Dynasty officers and soldiers and Zhu Yuantian, "the fourteenth day of the first lunar month was changed to Lantern Festival."

"August 16th is the Mid-Autumn Festival".

In addition, in Hong Kong, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the excitement is still not over, and there is another carnival on the 11th night, called "Chasing the Moon".

The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first seen in the book "Zhou Rites", and it was in the Tang Dynasty that it truly became a national festival.

Our people have had the custom of "autumn twilight and evening moon" in ancient times.

On the eve of the moon, worship the moon god.

By the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night would be held to welcome the cold and worship the moon.

Set up a large incense table and place mooncakes, watermelons, apples, dates, plums, grapes and other offerings. Mooncakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable.

The watermelon should also be cut into lotus shapes.

Under the moon, the moon statue is placed in the direction of the moon, with red candles burning high. The whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts the reunion moon cakes.

The person who cuts the food must calculate in advance how many people are in the family. Those who are at home and those who are out of town must be counted together. They cannot cut more or less, and the sizes must be the same.

As for the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was during the Ming Dynasty.

Tian Rucheng, a litterateur of the Ming Dynasty, wrote in "History of West Lake Tour": "August 15th is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send mooncakes to each other to symbolize reunion."

Shen Bang, a historian of the Ming Dynasty, described the grand occasion of the Mid-Autumn Mooncakes in Beijing in "Wanshu Miscellaneous Notes" and wrote, "Made flour cakes are given to each other and come in different sizes. The cakes are filled with fruit and have a strange name. One cake is worth hundreds of dollars."

"The book also introduces the production technology at that time, which has reached a very high level.

The moon cakes for the moon in the Beijing imperial palace are "more than a foot in diameter from bottom to top and weigh two kilograms." Later, with the evolution of the past dynasties, the varieties and patterns of moon cakes became more and more abundant, the production technology was updated, and the flavors were more. On August 10

Eating mooncakes on five occasions has become an ancient and very meaningful tradition of the Chinese nation.

In the Tang Dynasty, admiring and playing with the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was quite popular.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, on the night of August 15th, people all over the city, rich and poor, old and young, would wear adult clothes, burn incense, worship the moon, express their wishes, and pray for the blessing of the moon god.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave each other mooncakes as gifts to symbolize reunion.

In some places, there are activities such as dancing grass dragons and building pagodas.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival have become more popular. In many places, special customs such as burning incense sticks, planting Mid-Autumn trees, lighting tower lanterns, releasing sky lanterns, walking on the moon, and dancing fire dragons have been formed.

Today, the custom of playing under the moon is far less popular than in the past.

However, it is still very popular to hold banquets to admire the moon. People drink wine to admire the moon to celebrate a good life, or wish their relatives far away to be healthy and happy, and to "live thousands of miles away" with their families.

There are many customs and forms of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they all express people's infinite love for life and yearning for a better life.

Legends There are many legends about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mythical stories such as Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang conquering Gui, and the Jade Rabbit making medicine are widely circulated.

One of the legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival - Chang'e flying to the moon. According to legend, in ancient times, ten suns appeared in the sky at the same time, which caused the crops to wither and the people to live in dire straits. A hero named Hou Yi, who was extremely powerful, sympathized with the suffering people and climbed to the top of the Kunlun Mountains.

Using his magical power, he drew his magical bow and shot down more than nine suns at once, and strictly ordered the last sun to rise and set on time to benefit the people.

As a result, Hou Yi was respected and loved by the people. Hou Yi married a beautiful and kind-hearted wife named Chang'e.

In addition to spreading his skills and hunting, Hou Yi stayed with his wife all day long. People envied this loving couple with talent and beauty.

Many people with lofty ideals came here to learn skills from the master, and Peng Meng with evil intentions also got in.

One day, Hou Yi went to the Kunlun Mountains to visit friends and seek enlightenment. He happened to meet the Queen Mother who was passing by, and asked the Queen Mother for a packet of elixir.

According to...>> Folk customs about the Mid-Autumn Festival The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year.

This is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the Chinese lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Zhongqiu.