Eating snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival means "improving eyesight".

Eating snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival is the highlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival for many Cantonese people. Firstly, it is believed that eating snails can improve eyesight. It is said that eating snails on August 15th can make the eyes "as bright as the autumn moon"; It is believed that the fatness of the snails also means good things. Thirdly, the snails have shells. Peeling the shells and eating the meat is a sign of "food heart (new) transportation", in order to remove evil spirits and bad luck.

On the other hand, the word "snail" has the same pronunciation as the Cantonese word "Luo". Field snail means "to eat in the fields". As the saying goes, "If you don't have food, ask for snails (Luo)". Eat snails on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. , means a good harvest, representing a bumper harvest. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is originally the season for snails and stone snails. Eating snails on August 15th has been a popular custom for many years. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and every family gives many gifts of cakes and bait. Goodbye. After Chang'e poured it out, under the moonlight, the taro was eaten and the snails were fragrant.

Festival Folk Customs

1. Moon Worship

It is a very ancient custom in China. It is actually a kind of worship of the "Moon God" by the ancients. In ancient times, there was the custom of "autumn twilight and evening moon". The eclipse moon means worshiping the moon god. Since ancient times, in some areas of Guangdong, people have had the custom of worshiping the moon god (worshiping the moon mother and worshiping the moonlight) on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. They worship the moon by setting up a large incense table and placing moon cakes and watermelons. , apples, dates, plums, grapes and other sacrifices.

2. Appreciate osmanthus and drink osmanthus wine

People often eat moon cakes to enjoy osmanthus during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat various foods made from osmanthus, with pastries and candies being the most common. At night, looking up at the sweet osmanthus in the middle of the moon, smelling the fragrance of cinnamon, drinking a glass of osmanthus honey wine, and celebrating the sweetness of the family has become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival. In modern times, people often drink red wine instead.