After dinner, when the silvery moon (commonly known as "Moon Moon") rises into the sky, women are busy setting the table in front of the patio, gatehouse and hall where the Moon Moon can be seen, and putting the washed fruits, cloud cakes, moon cakes, taro and other offerings on the table. Yue Bai, a Chaoshan native, sells moon cakes, taro and other fruits, as well as cosmetics.
Cosmetics are euphemistically called moon dressing, but actually young girls pray that they can become more and more beautiful; Worship stationery is to pray that children who study can be smarter and learn more. These customs have a long history and are based on people's good wishes.
Entrustment meaning
Yue Bai pinned people's good wishes. The important wish of Yue Bai, a girl who is going to get married, is to find a good husband. There is a song in Chaoshan area that sings: "Mid-Autumn Night, Queen of the Moon. Deep worship, reunion. Good husband, good marriage, reunion this year, reunion next year, and reunion every year. " Chaoshan is the hometown of overseas Chinese, and many women's husbands are far across the ocean. Therefore, women are full of affection when they look at the moon. There is a song that sings: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night on August 15th, the night is hazy and the moon is bright and clear.
Sijun wants you to come to watch the moon and watch it go to the fifth watch. I was shocked to hear the cold cry, and I didn't know where my husband was. I wanted to express my feelings through the bright moon. "Children who are going to school like to put new stationery and notebooks on the altar and pray for the moon mother to bless them to study smart and get excellent grades.
Sometimes adults even pinch a little incense ash, carefully wrap it in red paper, and then send it with "well water" (the water just pumped from the well, the bucket can't touch the edge of the well), saying that it is the "elixir" given by Yueniang. Drinking it can make people smart and healthy.