According to legend, in ancient times, after Houyi shot the immortal medicine, in order to protect the medicine, Chang 'e swallowed the fairy medicine and flew to the moon. In order to commemorate this legend, people put incense table sacrifices on August 15th, forming the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival to commemorate Chang 'e. In this festival, people will enjoy the moon, have a reunion dinner and enjoy osmanthus flowers to express their nostalgia for Chang 'e.

Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had the custom of Yue Bai, enjoying the moon, Yue Bai, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine, which has been passed down to this day. It reflects people's reverence for nature at that time, but at a deeper level, it also shows people's understanding of the relationship between people and shows a kind of attention to the family.

Origin of the Mid-Autumn festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty and shaped in the Tang Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the moon in autumn in ancient times. The Mid-Autumn Festival is popular in the Han Dynasty, which is a period of economic and cultural exchanges and integration between the north and the south of China, and cultural exchanges between different places spread together. The Mid-Autumn Festival custom was popular in northern China in the Tang Dynasty. Mid-Autumn Festival became an officially recognized national festival, about in the Tang Dynasty.

The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is closely related to the moon, which is a vestige of the worship of ancient celestial phenomena-the custom of respecting the moon. At the autumnal equinox, it is an ancient "Moon Festival". Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China. In fact, it is a worship activity of the ancient people in some places in ancient China to the "Moon God". The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Autumn Equinox Sacrificing the Moon". In traditional culture, the moon and the sun are the same, and these two alternate celestial bodies have become the objects of ancestor worship.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chang 'e