Watching the moon and eating moon cakes are the necessary customs for Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "August and 15th are full, and the moon cakes are sweet and fragrant". The word moon cake originated from Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was only a snack food. Later, people gradually associate enjoying the full moon together with the mooncakes, symbolizing family reunion and carrying their thoughts. At the same time, moon cakes are also important gifts for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Step 2 drink osmanthus wine

People often eat moon cakes and enjoy osmanthus in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat all kinds of foods made by osmanthus, especially cakes and sweets. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the osmanthus in the middle of the month, smelling the Gui Xiang, drinking a cup of osmanthus wine and celebrating the sweetness of the family have become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival. Now * * * people mostly take red wine instead.

Step 3 eat crabs

Hairy crabs are an indispensable dish for Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. One for each person, accompanied by ginger vinegar, is a good way to kill time. However, hairy crabs are cool, so it is good for your health to warm your stomach with some yellow wine and drink a cup of ginger tea after eating.

Step 4 eat sesame cakes

Sichuan people not only eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also beat, kill ducks, eat sesame cakes, honey cakes and so on. In some places, orange lanterns are also lit and hung at the door to celebrate. There are also children who put incense on grapefruit and dance along the street, which is called "dancing meteor balls". The Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiading County is called "Watching the Meeting" for offering sacrifices to the land gods and performing zaju, vocal music and cultural relics.

Step 5 eat pumpkin

Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated all over the south of the Yangtze River. Rich people eat moon cakes, and poor people have the custom of eating pumpkins. How did the custom of "eating pumpkins in August and a half" come from? Legend has it that a long time ago, there lived a poor family at the foot of Nanshan, with old parents and only one daughter named Huanghua. At that time, Huang Hua's parents were ill in * *, and on August 15th, Huang Hua found two oblate wild melons in the weeds in Nanshan. She picked it back and cooked it for her parents. After eating it, the two old people greatly increased their appetite and recovered. Miss Huanghua planted melon seeds in the ground, and in * * years, they really took root and sprouted, and many round melons came out. Because they were picked from Nanshan, they were called pumpkins. From then on, every year on August 15th, every household in the south of the Yangtze River has a custom of eating old pumpkins and cooking glutinous rice in August and a half.

6. Baba

Eating Ciba in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago, and it is a traditional custom that people have passed down to this day to commemorate Wu Zixu, the general of Chu. Ciba is a kind of keepsake and holy food. Ciba in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August means that every family is United, happy and lucky. Sticking together, Zanba symbolizes the harmony and unity of the whole family; The sweetness of Ciba symbolizes the sweetness and happiness of life; Even if you take a nap early in the morning, the earlier you get up, the greater the harvest in the coming year; Ciba is round in size, which symbolizes people's "predestination", celebration, auspiciousness and reunion; Of course, eating round Ciba naturally symbolizes that the whole family is kind, round and round, and safe.

7.pomegranate

Mid-Autumn Festival is when pomegranate is ripe. Because it is as red as agate, as white as crystal, and its entrance is like crystal grain jade paste, pomegranate has become one of the offerings on the table, symbolizing longevity, reunion and auspiciousness. When this thing is not peeled off, its playability is greater than its visibility. It is cool, round and smooth when touched in the hand, and its visibility is greater than its edibility after peeling off, just like small gems gathered together, which looks good. It also means a reunion.