1, eat moon cakes
There is a custom of eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. At first, moon cakes were used as sacrifices to the moon god. The word "moon cakes" was first seen in Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a cake-shaped food like Linghua cake. Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival with mooncake tasting, which symbolizes family reunion.
In modern times, with workshops specializing in making moon cakes, the production of moon cakes has become more and more elaborate, with exquisite fillings and beautiful appearance. There are also various exquisite patterns printed on the outside of moon cakes, such as "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon", "jathyapple on the Milky Way" and "Moon on Three Tans". It has become the wish of people all over the world to show people's reunion with the full moon, to show people's eternal life with the full moon cake, to pin their thoughts on their hometown and their loved ones, and to pray for a bumper harvest and happiness. Nowadays, moon cakes are also used as gifts to send relatives and friends and to contact their feelings.
2. Enjoy the moon
The custom of enjoying the moon comes from offering sacrifices to the moon, and serious sacrifices have become relaxed pleasures. It is said that the moon is closest to the earth this night, and the moon is the largest, roundest and brightest, so there is a custom of drinking and enjoying the moon since ancient times, and the round moon is regarded as a symbol of family reunion. In ancient times, there were different customs in the north and south, and there were different customs in different places. The written records of Mid-Autumn Festival activities appeared in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but they did not become a habit. In the Tang Dynasty? It is quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and many poets have poems chanting the moon in their masterpieces. In the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival enjoyed the moon more vigorously. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival remains unchanged and has been passed down to this day.
3, eat lotus root box
Eating lotus root in Mid-Autumn Festival is also a sign of reunion, especially eating "lotus root box". Most people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang slice the lotus root, and the lower ends of each two slices are connected, and the stuffing made of meat and clam is sandwiched in the middle, and the noodles are fried until golden. This is also called lotus root cake, which has the same effect as moon cakes. Chinese medicine believes that after being cooked, lotus root changes from cool to warm, which is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and has the effects of nourishing stomach, nourishing yin and benefiting blood. Eating lotus root in Mid-Autumn Festival is also beneficial to human body.
4. Drinking osmanthus wine on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, looking up at the osmanthus in the middle of the month, smelling the bursts of Gui Xiang, drinking a glass of osmanthus wine and celebrating the sweetness of the family has become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival. Osmanthus fragrans wine is sweet and mellow, low in degree, not easy to get drunk, beautiful and transparent in color, and can be drunk all year round, suitable for men, women and children. Drinking osmanthus wine often is very helpful for beauty and skin care. The ancients believed that osmanthus fragrans was the best medicine and had the effect of prolonging life. Therefore, in ancient times, osmanthus wine was the top grade for people to worship their gods and ancestors. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, under a full moon, it is fascinating to taste the mellow and delicious osmanthus wine with your family.
5, eat reunion buns Mid-Autumn Festival, brand a reunion bun, share it with the whole family, and keep a copy until you get home to eat the taste of your hometown. Reunion buns, that is, big round moon cakes made by farmers in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, are made of refined wheat flour with three to five layers of big round cakes, and all kinds of flowers are carved around each layer. This cake looks very beautiful and symbolizes family reunion. Yue Bai was a gift to the moon, and Yue Bai shared it later. How many people are there in a family and how many pieces are cut. Together, it is a big round cake (reunion); When we are apart, one person will take a piece, which means a happy reunion and the whole family will work together.
This is what I know about the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival. What else do you know, my friends?