jiaozi, sugar lotus root, sesame seed cake, salted duck, hairy crabs, duck meat, moon cakes, etc.
1. Reasons for eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival:
The tradition of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to ancient times. According to legend, Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty sent messengers to give mooncakes as sacrifices to foreign countries. This tradition gradually evolved into people spontaneously giving moon cakes to each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival to express their feelings of reunion. The round shape of moon cakes symbolizes reunion and implies the importance of family reunion, affection and friendship.
2. Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from "Autumn Society" and "Autumn Festival" in ancient China. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the ancients in China had the custom of offering sacrifices to the moon in autumn. The sacrificial activities of the Autumn Society were recorded in the Book of Rites of Zhou, when it was "noted from the internal history" to sacrifice the moon god and pray for a bumper harvest, national prosperity and people's safety. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival was officially established and became a national official holiday.
The origin of the name of Mid-Autumn Festival is that it falls in autumn in the lunar year, hence the name "Mid-Autumn Festival". It is named "Mid-Autumn Festival" because it is in the middle of the whole month on August 15th of the lunar calendar. Either way, the name "Mid-Autumn Festival" fully embodies the theme connotation of this festival "Full Moon Reunion".
traditional customs of Mid-Autumn Festival and principles of healthy diet:
traditional customs of Mid-Autumn Festival
After the formation of Mid-Autumn Festival, colorful traditional customs gradually developed. Among them, the most important ones are enjoying the moon, getting together and eating moon cakes. Appreciating the moon is the most traditional activity in Mid-Autumn Festival. During festivals, people look up at the sky, appreciate the bright moon, and place their thoughts and expectations. The ancients said that "people have joys and sorrows, and the moon is full of ups and downs", and the change of the moon's ups and downs complements the joys and sorrows in the world.
On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people gather in high-rise buildings, watch the autumn moon and look for the legendary Chang 'e, so as to pin their yearning for a better life. The high and bright moon scene has witnessed the cultural complex of the Chinese nation's worship of the moon and the round.
Mid-Autumn Festival dietary health principle:
Control the amount of drinking. It is suggested that everyone should control the amount of drinking, because drinking too much will easily burden the liver. And when drinking, it is best not to drink on an empty stomach. Eat less seafood. If you eat too much, the spleen and stomach will be easily damaged and intestinal diseases will be induced. Also, when eating seafood, it is not appropriate to match beer, otherwise it is easy to induce gout. It should not be eaten with strong tea.