The Mulao people in Yunnan Province of China buy cakes and kill ducks on August 15 to celebrate this traditional festival. In order to commemorate the three members of the Mulao family, who mobilized the villagers to kill the Fanguilao by selling candies in the village, every Mulao family buys cakes and kills ducks on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month every year to educate the future generations not to forget the struggle against invasion.
Eating taro
Mid-Autumn eating taro, it means to ward off evil spirits and disasters, and there is the intention to express disbelief in evil spirits. Qing Qianlong "Chaozhou Province" said: "Mid-Autumn Festival to play the moon, peeling taro food, called peeling the ghost skin". Peeling ghosts and eat, great Zhong Kui to drive away the ghosts of the air, respectable.
Eat snails
As for the mid-autumn food snails, in the Qing Dynasty Xianfeng years of the "Shunde County Records" has recorded: "August hope day, still taro food snails." Folk believe that the mid-autumn snail, can be bright eyes. According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrients, and the vitamin A contained in the eyes is an important substance of the optic pigment. Eating snails can improve eyesight, it makes sense. But why must be in the Mid-Autumn Festival is particularly keen to eat eat. It has been pointed out that before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the snail is empty, no small snails in the abdomen, therefore, the meat is particularly fat. It is the best time to eat snails. Now in Guangzhou folk, many families in the Mid-Autumn Festival, have the habit of fried snails.
Eating Pumpkin
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the custom of eating old pumpkin with burnt glutinous rice on the half of August has been passed down in every household.
Drinking osmanthus wine
Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, people look up at the bright moon, smell the fragrance of osmanthus, think of Wu Gang cutting osmanthus, drink a cup of osmanthus wine, celebrate the sweetness of the family, and get together, has become the enjoyment of the festival. Osmanthus flowers are not only ornamental, but also have food value. Osmanthus flowers are not only ornamental, but also have food value. Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", there are "aid steed bucket Ruizhi cinnamon pulp", "Dien Gui Ruizhi pepper pulp" poem. It can be seen that our country drink cinnamon winemaking years, has been quite a long time.
Eating lotus root box
Mid-Autumn Festival eating lotus root, is also sent to the meaning of reunion, especially eating "lotus root box". People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be more sliced lotus root, every two slices connected to the lower end of the middle of the sandwich meat, clams and other modifications made from the filling, outside the tow surface fried to golden, this is also known as the lotus root cake, and the moon cake has a different flavor. Currently there are two main varieties of lotus root on the market, namely, seven-hole lotus root and nine-hole lotus root. Jiangsu and Zhejiang more cultivation of seven holes of lotus root, the variety of good texture, tender flesh, crisp and sweet, white and flawless. According to Chinese medicine, after the lotus root has been cooked, the nature of the cool to warm, beneficial to the spleen and stomach, stomach nourishing yin, beneficial effects of blood.
The moon is full and so are the people
Tips on mooncake lore
Some people think that eating mooncakes and giving mooncakes have been associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival since ancient times. In fact, this is not the case. In the early Tang Dynasty, only the first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar was a holiday, but not the fifteenth. According to legend, Emperor Ming Huang of the Tang Dynasty visited the Moon Palace on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, and it was only then that the people took the 15th day of the 8th lunar month as the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, people began to watch the moon on August 15, and mooncakes did not exist at that time. The earliest appearance of mooncakes was in the Southern Song Dynasty. But the mooncake had nothing to do with the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was very different from the modern mooncake, which is only available as a steamed food in the food market.
The real connection between mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival came in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, a kind of mooncake with fruit filling appeared in Beijing city, and people made mooncakes themselves on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival for self-consumption and for gifting to friends and relatives to express the meaning of reunion and congratulations. At that time, the size and shape of the mooncake is not standardized, there is a big difference, and its name is also quite special.
For example, in the area of Jiexiu County, Shanxi Province, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the local people have been sitting around the family to share the custom of the reunion of the moon cake. The production of moon cakes more than name and interesting, such as crescent moon cakes for men to eat, there are only limited to women to enjoy the gourd moon cakes, there are especially for young people to prepare for the "Monkey King", "rabbit" and so on the moon cakes, and so on. There are many different kinds of mooncakes.
On the production technology of moon cakes, in the Ming Dynasty has reached a very high level, at that time, some moon cakes on the surface, has appeared "moon in the toad rabbit" and other decorative patterns. The excellent design, the wonderful composition, the pattern of the spirit of fine, so that people get artistic enjoyment, not only fully embodies the moon cake producer's ingenuity, but also reflects the splendid culture of our great Chinese nation. Ethnic Minority Folkways and Customs Bai Bai Bai Bai Bai Bai Bai Bai ：：：： early together with the earliest is the Bai children, get up and open their own "wealth door"; and then look for has not opened the door to help open the "wealth door". In the children to open the "wealth door" when the master of each home to fight the first bucket of well water; home to burn bubble rice flower tea to drink. Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic Daur ethnic ：：：： annual high. The Daur ethnic group in the north has the habit of paying tribute to the New Year, and at the Spring Festival, people put on their festive attire and visit each other house by house to congratulate each other. Each family is equipped with steamed cake, the New Year's visitors into the door, the host with steamed cake hospitality. "Cake" in Chinese and "high" resonance, to cake hospitality, said each other in the new year, the standard of living further improved. During the festival, the Daur people also held songs, dances and sports activities, which lasted for half a month. Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan ：：：： Tibetans like to invite friends and relatives in the Spring Festival picnic, playing and singing blessing songs. Yao Yao Yao Yao Yao Yao Yao Yao ：：：： Yao always performs the "Plow Play" dance at the Spring Festival. Lisu people Lisu people Lisu people Lisu people Lisu people Lisu people Lisu people Lisu people Lisu people ：：：： Lisu people like to hold a poetry contest at this time, singing famous poems and tunes. Achang Achang Achang Achang Achang Achang Achang ：：：： men, women and children are playing the flinging autumn (thousand) turn autumn (thousand) during this period. Mongolians Mongolians Mongolians Mongolians Mongolians ：：：： wine and meat are not exhausted. Mongolian people in the north over the Spring Festival is another scene, before the festival families are prepared for the year the growth of the ram and a variety of dairy products and a few altars of wine. On New Year's Eve, people put on their beautiful Mongolian robes and the whole family sits on the floor in the center of the yurt to welcome the new year. At midnight, the family starts to drink and eat, and as a rule, they have to eat and drink a lot, and the more meat and wine they have left, the better, symbolizing that the new year will be full of meat and wine, and they will not worry about food and drink. On the morning of the first day of the year, men and women dressed in various costumes, straddling the steed, in groups of three to five run to the "Haut" (villages and towns), string of yurts one by one. When stringing yurts, the first to kowtow to the elders to wish, and then the son-in-law of the host family came to string yurts for the guests to toast, people sing and dance. Zhuang Zhuang Zhuang Zhuang Zhuang Zhuang ：：：： He auspicious. The Zhuang, who live in the south, call the Spring Festival "New Year's Day". On this day, people go out and congratulate each other no matter who they meet, believing that this is the only way to have good luck in a year. Buyi Buyi Buyi Buyi Buyi Buyi ：：：： girl grabbed the first water. Buyei people living in the southwest border, every year on New Year's Eve night, are all-night vigil. As soon as the day dawns, the girls compete to go outside the house to pick water, who first pick back the first water, who will be considered the most diligent girl. Jingpo Jingpo Jingpo Jingpo Jingpo Jingpo ：：：： shooting lotus bags. The girls are the organizers and referees of this activity. They hang the embroidered purse on a bamboo pole with a thread and swing it from side to side among the tips of the trees, inviting the boys to shoot. Whoever shoots down the bag first, the girls give the wine to him as a prize. The purse usually contains a coin, a few grains of grain and a few decorative beads as a symbol of happiness. Hani ethnic group Hani ethnic group Hani ethnic group Hani ethnic group ：：：： swinging. A few days before the Spring Festival, the villages inhabited by the Hani people are already bustling with activity, and the young men are busy going up the mountain to cut bamboo in preparation for setting up swings. The swings there are more than ten meters high, and the Hani people, young and old, love to swing. During the festival, everyone wears their favorite clothes to swing, everywhere presenting a lively and harmonious festival scene. The Dai People ：：：： throw chaff bags. Dai young men and women love to throw chaff bag game, during the Spring Festival, young men and girls throw chaff bag each other, to see who threw accurate, to see who caught. Play to a certain time, the girls will quietly snatch the young man's body to wear a belt knife, head cloth or tethered horse, ran home. If the young man is in love, he will follow. When the parents see their daughters coming back with their head cloths and horses, they will hold a banquet for them. Alpine Tribe Alpine Tribe Alpine Tribe Alpine Tribe Alpine Tribe ：：：： "Hearth and Furnace". On the evening of New Year's Eve, families of all ages sit around a round table with hot pots and pans for a meal, which is called a "hibachi". Women, who usually do not drink alcohol, are also required to take a symbolic sip of wine for good luck. "Vegetables are eaten without being cut with a knife, but are washed and boiled with their roots, as a sign of wishing long life to the parents. If someone in the family goes out, a seat should be left empty and the person's clothes should be put on the empty seat to show that the whole family misses him. Manchu Manchu Manchu Manchu Manchu ：：：： hang flags for the New Year. Hanging flags have beautiful patterns and bright colors, symbolizing an auspicious start to the year. During the festival, boys in gangs set off firecrackers, or take a homemade variety of wooden plows, in the hillock, on the ice whooshing speed. Teenage girls and young daughters-in-law wearing newly made flowery clothes, in groups of three or five, divided into families and partnerships to play Garaha (pig or cow's kneecap bone).