First, play with lanterns

There is no large lantern festival in Mid-Autumn Festival, and playing with lanterns is mainly between families and children. In Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places, Mid-Autumn Festival activities will be held on Mid-Autumn Night, and the trees will be erected, which means that the lights will be erected high.

In Nanning, Guangxi, in addition to all kinds of lanterns tied with paper and bamboo for children to play with, there are also simple grapefruit lanterns, pumpkin lanterns and orange lanterns.

Second, burn the tower

The game of burning tile lanterns (or burning flower tower, burning tile tower and burning fan tower) is widely circulated in the south. At dusk, burn it in a firewood tower under the bright moon. As soon as the tiles burn red, then pour kerosene on the fire, and suddenly the fields are red and shine like day. Until late at night, when no one is watching, it begins to pour interest, which is a famous burning tile lamp. "

The tile-burning tower in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province is also a hollow tower made of bricks and tiles, which is filled with branches and burned. At the same time, it also burns smoke piles, that is, piles of grass and firewood are burned after the end of Yue Bai.

Third, sacrifice the moon, enjoy the moon, and Yue Bai

Under the moon, put the moon statue in the direction of the moon, and the red candle burns high. The whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts up the reunion moon cake.

Cut the people in advance to calculate the number of people in the whole family, at home and in the field, all together, can not cut more or less, the size should be the same. Among ethnic minorities, the custom of offering sacrifices to the moon is also popular.

Food custom culture in Mid-Autumn Festival;

1, eat moon cakes

Eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing traditional custom in China. People eat moon cakes on this day to show "reunion".

The weather is clear and the moon is bright, and Gui Xiang is refreshing. Everyone tastes moon cakes and enjoys the moon, which is a festive reunion with a unique flavor.

Do you know when the moon cakes appeared? Why do you eat moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival?

Moon cakes, also known as Hu cakes, palace cakes, moon groups, harvest cakes, reunion cakes, etc., are offerings to worship the moon god in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Drink osmanthus wine

Every Mid-Autumn night, people look up at the bright moon, smell the Gui Xiang, think of WU GANG cutting osmanthus, drink a cup of osmanthus wine, celebrate the sweetness of the family and get together, which has become a holiday enjoyment.

Osmanthus fragrans is not only ornamental, but also edible. At the moment, the Osmanthus Festival is being held in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. The citizens may wish to visit the eastern suburbs with their families, enjoy the flowers and spend the festival.

3. Eat taro

Eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival, in many places, means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and means not to believe in evil spirits.

Qing Qianlong's "Chaozhou Prefecture Records" said: "Playing with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, peeling taro and eating it, is called peeling ghost skin." Peel taro and eat it, but it is still full of Zhong Kui's spirit of exorcism.