The meaning of drinking osmanthus wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival: People drink osmanthus wine to also appreciate the moon, because the osmanthus in the moon is a symbol of the moon, and drinking osmanthus wine also indirectly expresses the appreciation of "reunion" Longing and longing.

Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, appreciating the moon, worshiping the moon, eating moon cakes, appreciating osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine. Whenever a festival comes, the whole family gathers together to enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes, and drink osmanthus wine, in order to express their good wishes of "people are reunited under the full moon".

Sacrificing the moon and admiring the moon is a grand celebration held by people during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, there was a ritual system of worshiping the sun in the morning in spring and worshiping the moon in the evening in autumn. The custom of appreciating the moon has been formed in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a "Moon-Looking Platform" for appreciating the moon, which was called "Looking at the Toad". There are still many "Moon Worship Altar", "Moon Worship Pavilion", "Moon Watching Tower" and so on in various parts of our country. The "Moon Altar" in Beijing was built by the royal family to worship the moon during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

In ancient times, worshiping the moon was an important activity during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many women hope to pray for "looking like Chang'e and having a face like the bright moon" by worshiping the moon. Generally speaking, women preside over the moon worship ceremony. There is a folk saying that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the stove." After worshiping the moon god, it is time to enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes, and drink osmanthus wine to express festive reunion.

The legend of osmanthus wine

In ancient times, there lived a fairy wine lady at the foot of Liangying Mountain. The wine she brewed was mellow and sweet. One winter, my wife found a man lying outside her door who was about to freeze to death, so she kindly carried him home to take care of him. Unexpectedly, one day later, the man left without saying goodbye. Lady Xianjiu couldn't bear to look around for him. She met an old man with white hair on the hillside and expressed his thirst, so she bit her middle finger and put it to the old man's mouth.

At this time, there was a breeze, and a yellow cloth bag flew from the sky. The bag was filled with many osmanthus seeds, and there was a note attached: The moon palace gives osmanthus seeds to reward good people. It turns out that both the man and the white-haired old man were transformed by Wu Gang. After the osmanthus seeds were planted, osmanthus trees grew, and osmanthus blossoms bloomed, filling the courtyard with sweet fragrance. Later, osmanthus flowers and osmanthus wine appeared in the world.