Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, also known as July 30, and it is also known as the four ancestor worship festivals in China together with New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Double Ninth Festival. Mid-Autumn Festival is to commemorate ancestors and deceased relatives and express their thoughts. Therefore, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people will go to worship their ancestors and sweep graves, and the atmosphere is solemn and solemn, which is not suitable for holding a festive wedding.

The date of Mid-Autumn Festival is calculated according to the lunar calendar, usually on the 15th day of July. This time is just autumn, the temperature is suitable, and it is also the harvest season of agricultural society. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also related to harvest, and it is a day to thank ancestors and celebrate harvest. Holding a wedding at this time may conflict with the solemn holiday atmosphere and do not conform to traditional cultural customs. Getting married in the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only against traditional cultural customs, but also disrespectful to ancestors and deceased relatives.

The custom of Mid-Autumn festival

1, ancestor worship

People believe that ancestors will go home to visit their children in July and a half, so they need to worship their ancestors. This kind of ancestor worship is a reflection of the traditional ethics, and it is also a cultural tradition of being grateful for morality. When crops are harvested in autumn, the joy of harvest is just shared with ancestors. Worship ceremonies are usually held in the evening of mid-July. You should worship your ancestors on normal days, and generally don't move their tablets.

Step 2 burn paper

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, burning paper is the most prominent folk belief. According to legend, the dead paper is money from the underworld, and people burn paper to give money to their dead ancestors and relatives. Usually, when you burn paper on the grave, you should leave a few copies and burn them at the crossroads, in order to give some alms to homeless wild ghosts so that they won't rob their ancestors again.