Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day: from September 29th to1October 6th, we will have a holiday and take a rest, ***8 days. 1Saturday, October 7th,1Sunday, October 8th.
Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the four traditional festivals in China, have now become national legal holidays, and were listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
The custom of Mid-Autumn festival
1, guessing
On the Mid-Autumn Festival full moon night, there are many lanterns hanging in public places. People gather together to guess the riddles written on the lanterns. Because they are the favorite activities of most young men and women, love stories are also heard at these activities, so solve riddles on the lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival has also been derived as a form of love between men and women.
2. Drink osmanthus wine
People often eat moon cakes and enjoy osmanthus in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat all kinds of foods made of osmanthus, among which cakes and sweets are the most common. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the osmanthus in the middle of the month, smelling the Gui Xiang, drinking a cup of osmanthus wine and celebrating the sweetness of the family have become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival. In modern times, people mostly take red wine instead.
3. Enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes
As the saying goes, "August 15th is full, and Mid-Autumn moon cakes are sweet and fragrant". The word moon cake originated from Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was only a snack food. Later, people gradually associate enjoying the full moon together with the mooncakes, symbolizing family reunion and carrying their thoughts. At the same time, moon cakes are also important gifts for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival.