First, eat moon cakes
"Records of Luozhong" said that Tang Xizong ate moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was very delicious, so he ordered the imperial kitchen to wrap moon cakes in HongLing and give them to the new Jinshi. This is the earliest record of moon cakes we can see. In the Song Dynasty, mooncakes were known as "lotus leaf" and "hibiscus", and their production methods were more exquisite.
After the Song Dynasty, making moon cakes not only pays attention to taste, but also designs related to the legend of the Moon Palace on the cake surface. The pattern on the cake surface was first painted on paper and then pasted on the cake surface. Later, it was simply pressed on the moon cake with a dough mold.
Second, burning lamps
The ancients had the custom of "burning lamps" to help the moonlight. In Huguang area, it is customary to stack towers with tiles and burn lights on the towers, while in Jiangnan area, there is a custom of making lanterns.
In modern times, the custom of burning lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival is more prosperous, especially in Guangdong. Ten days before the festival, families tie lanterns with bamboo sticks, make words such as fruits, birds and animals and "celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival", paste paper and paint various colors. Mid-autumn night lights and internal combustion candles are hung at the height of the house, commonly known as "Mid-Autumn Festival on a tree" or "Mid-Autumn Festival vertically".
Third, watching the tide
"Knowing that the Jade Rabbit is very round, it has been frosty and cold in September. Send a message to shut the door and close the key, and the night tide will stay in the moon. " This is the poem "Watching the Tide on August 15th" written by Su Shi, a great poet in the Song Dynasty. In addition to enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, tide watching is another Mid-Autumn Festival event. The custom of watching the tide in the Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, which was described in detail in Mei Cheng's famous poem "Qi Fa" in the Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, the wind of watching the tide in the Mid-Autumn Festival became more prosperous.
Fourth, sacrifice to the moon
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.
Five, play with lanterns
Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many game activities, the first is to play with lanterns. Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major lantern festivals in China, so we should play with lanterns on holidays. Playing with lights is mainly between families and children.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival