It is also the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the August Festival, the Reunion Festival, the Moon Worship Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, it is called the Four Traditional Festivals together with the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival...
What happened during the Mid-Autumn Festival?
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient worship of the moon and has a long history. The term "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first recorded in the Zhou Li. Because of the ancient calendar in China, August 15 of the lunar calendar is exactly the autumn of the year, and it is the middle of August, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". In addition, in the four seasons of the year, each season is divided into three parts: "Meng, Zhong, and Ji", so the second month of autumn is called "Mid-Autumn". It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. There are also myths and legends of "Wu Gang Fa Gui, Chang'e Running Moon".
According to historical records, the ancient emperors mostly had moon festivals, and the date was set for August 15 of the lunar calendar. Because this is the half of the three autumns, it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".
What were the Mid-Autumn Festival customs of Tianjin Wei in the old days?
Mid-Autumn Festival
The main activities of people are moon viewing and eating moon cakes
Mooncakes
The first thing that comes to mind during the Mid-Autumn Festival is definitely to eat mooncakes. Decades ago, there were three main types of Tianjin mooncakes, namely "pulp" made of molds, "white skin" with crisp skin and "hemp cakes" full of sesame seeds, mooncakes filled with hundreds of fruits, five kernels, bean paste and date paste, and the most famous mooncake manufacturers were "Xiangde Zhai" and "Gui Shun Zhai".
In terms of production process, only Tianjin in the country uses the wood carving process mooncake mold, the mooncake at that time, even if it is placed in the Chinese New Year's Eve night, the mooncake skin will not dry out and harden, which is called "reunion cake" by the people.
Old Tianjin people have a mold for making mooncakes in their homes, and the patterns are also exquisite, with words such as "Fulu Shouxi" and "Full Moon Mid-Autumn Festival", and some are printed with "plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum" or "Suzaku, White Tiger, Green Dragon, Xuanwu" and other patterns. In terms of production methods, the old Tianjin people have a "home-cooked branding" at home, and the method is similar to making steamed cakes.
For Rabbit Grandpa
Rabbit Grandpa is the honorific title of the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area to the legendary jade rabbit that accompanies chang'e in the Moon Palace, because it is believed that the rabbit grandpa can bring peace and tranquility to the world, so the Mid-Autumn Festival should buy a rabbit grandpa to offer in the house to increase the festive atmosphere.
Wear rabbit shoes
Tianjin Mid-Autumn Festival costume folklore, mainly reflected in children's clothing, in the old days Tianjin dolls to wear rabbit shoes, wear rabbit hats. The so-called rabbit shoes are sewn into the shape of a rabbit by sewing the upper of the children's shoes into the shape of a rabbit, embroidering red rabbit eyes, and sewing two long rabbit ears. At night, when admiring the moon, the mother also wears a rabbit hat with two long ears for the infants and young children, which means to drive away evil spirits and pray for health and longevity.
Moon worship
Each family sets up a table in the courtyard and offers a "moonlight god code", which men are not allowed to participate in, because the legend says that the moon god is a woman, in charge of human women's pregnancy and childbirth, etc. Folklore taboo Has the saying that "men do not worship the moon".
Climb the moon
In the middle of August, the river crabs are fat, and everyone has to buy some river crabs on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and "crab climbing the moon" has become a fun thing in the moon worship ceremony. Buy back a few fat crabs, raise them in the pot, when the moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival, wrap them in oil-soaked paper twisting with money (old money), tie them to the back of the crabs, light them and put them in the courtyard, let them crawl around, and predict the fortunes of the coming year. If the crab crawls into the house, it indicates that the next year's wealth is widespread, and if it crawls outside the courtyard, it indicates that there is no wealth in the next year.
Guess the riddle
Guessing the riddle on the night of the full moon is also one of the characteristics of Tianjin Mid-Autumn Festival. The riddle was first developed from riddles, originating in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is a literary game full of ridicule, discipline, humor, and ridicule. In addition, the literati and inkers will enjoy the moon and poetry on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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The Eye of Tianjin
Looking at the night view of Tianjin at 360 degrees, it seems that you can raise your hand to touch the glass with the moon and invite the moon to drink together. Sitting in the air of more than 120 meters overlooking the city, the small space is filled with intoxicating romance, confessing and pouring out to the person you love the most, making people feel "in the downtown, away from the hustle and bustle". Coupled with the legend of the ferris wheel's happiness, perhaps only immersive people can understand it, which is wonderful.
Sky Tower
The Tianta Tower stands on the blue waves of Tianta Lake, directly facing the clouds, and has been rated as one of the "Ten Views of Jinmen" and has the reputation of "Floating Clouds of Tianta". If the moon is high in the night sky, the moon in the sky and the moon in the lake shine together, like a fairyland, coupled with the warm lights around, like a round of bright moon reflected in the lake. The surroundings are so quiet, whether it is looking up at the moon, looking down at the shadows, or enjoying a beautiful feast, tasting mooncakes, you can't help but indulge in this "paradise"!
Tsu Wan Square
Jinwan Square and Tianjin Railway Station across the water, colorful neon lights decorate Jinwan Square at night with extraordinary beauty. Take a night cruise on the Haihe River, the neon on both sides of the river dyes the Haihe River into a colorful river, watch the moon in the water on the deck, the moon moves with people, and there is a special feeling. Couples with mood can also choose to stroll in the nearby Italian-style street, accompanied by ambiguous street lights, talking about love in the melodious saxophone sound, enjoying a round of bright moon, and in Tianjin, you can also feel the charm of the Danube River.
Jizhou Panshan
Climbing to the top of the moon is a very good choice, standing on the top of the mountain, the head is a round of bright moon, under the feet is a thousand lights, neon flashing, there are insects singing frogs singing in the ears, the mountain to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, experience a feeling of "wanting to go to the blue sky to catch the moon", there will be a sense of closeness to the moon dialogue.
Shijia compound
In ancient times, the most joyful part of the Mid-Autumn Festival of the literati was the town of Jiangnan, where small bridges, flowing water, and people created a beautiful artistic mood for the moon appreciation, which was different from the soft and tender feelings of the ancient towns of the southern water towns, and the moon-viewing poems in the ancient town of Yangliuqing with distinctive characteristics in the north, but also had a different charm. Especially in the Shijia compound of the "First House in North China", it seems to travel through time and space, and enjoy a round of bright moon with people in the old time.
Cuiping Lake
Cuiping Lake is one of the largest reservoirs in Tianjin. Here the water surface is vast, the smoke is vast, the distant mountains are heavy, when the bright moon rises from the lake, I wonder if there is a sense of "the sea is born of the bright moon, the end of the world is at this time"?
Perhaps, this Mid-Autumn Festival, you are still struggling in other places and cannot return to your homeland. Can't go back, or maybe that's most of the sounds of our busy times. However, as Su Shi said in "Water Tune Song Head: When is the Bright Moon": "People have sorrows and joys, and the moon has clouds and sunshine. May people be long-lasting, and thousands of miles will be cherished together. "We can't get together at the moment, but thoughts allow us to connect our hearts even if we are thousands of miles away.
(Civilization Xiqing)
【Source: Xiqing Information Harbor】
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