1, Moon Sacrifice and Moon Appreciation
It is an important custom to worship and admire the moon. Ancient emperors had a social system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn, and people also had the style of offering sacrifices to the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Nowadays, enjoying the moon has become one of the most important activities for the people in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Together with family and friends, they sit and look at the moon, enjoy the coolness of autumn and place their hopes on reunion.
2. Enjoy osmanthus and drink osmanthus wine.
People often eat all kinds of foods made by osmanthus in Mid-Autumn Festival, especially cakes and sweets. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the osmanthus in the middle of the month, smelling the Gui Xiang and drinking a cup of osmanthus honey wine has become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival.
3. solve riddles on the lanterns
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many lanterns hanging in public places, and people gather together to guess the riddles written on the lanterns. Because it is a favorite activity of most young people, there are also many love stories in these activities.
4. Play with lanterns
Playing with lights is mainly between families and children. Children like to make grapefruit lanterns, pumpkin lanterns and orange lanterns on Mid-Autumn Festival. They cut out the pulp of grapefruit pumpkin or orange, carve out simple patterns and light candles inside. Although simple, they are very popular.
5. Watch the tide
"Knowing that the Jade Rabbit is very round, it has been frosty and cold in September. Send a message to shut the door and close the key, and the night tide will stay in the moon. " This is "Watching Tides on August 15th" written by Su Shi. In ancient times, in addition to enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival in Zhejiang, tide watching was another Mid-Autumn Festival event.
6. Dance the fire dragon
Dancing dragon is the most traditional custom in Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival. From the evening of the 14th day of the eighth lunar month every year, a grand dragon dance has been held for three consecutive nights in the Tai Hang area of Causeway Bay. The fire dragon is more than 70 meters long, and it is tied into a 32-section dragon body with pearl grass, which is full of longevity incense.