In Guangzhou, the Mid-Autumn Festival has an interesting traditional custom called "Tree Mid-Autumn Festival". Trees are also vertical, which means that the lights are erected high, so it is also called "vertical Mid-Autumn Festival". Every Mid-Autumn Festival, families should tie lanterns with bamboo strips, and the lanterns have various costumes, such as fish dragon lanterns, bird and beast lanterns, flower and fruit lanterns, etc., and can also be built into lanterns such as "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival".
2, tie lanterns
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, children, with the help of their parents, make rabbit lanterns, carambola lanterns or square lanterns out of bamboo paper. In addition, many children will tie lanterns with water peels.
In addition to papaya lamps, there are banana lamps, and the simplest one is "pomelo peel lamp", which can be made by children in almost every household. The tied lanterns are not only used to "tree the Mid-Autumn Festival", but also couples cuddle up with lanterns to enjoy the moon.
3. Play with Lu Zi
"Playing Luzai" is a very popular children's game in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the past. Grapefruit shells are carved with flowers, and lights can be hung in the middle. Children play in groups, or carry lights in the shape of various animals and melons, and walk along the street singing "Playing Luzai".
4, worship the moonlight
On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, after a family reunion dinner, all kinds of fruits must be placed for a "moonlight worship" ceremony. Households with rooftops are on the rooftops, while those without rooftops set out square tables in front of their homes to burn incense and worship. Besides moon cakes, there are also pomelos, persimmons, bananas, carambolas, nectarines and taro as tributes.
5, chasing the moon
The so-called "chasing the moon" means that after the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the excitement is still unfinished, so the next night, many people invited relatives and friends to continue to enjoy the moon, which is called "chasing the moon".
Guangzhou Municipal People's Government-Guangzhou people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival "very traditional and Cantonese"