August 15 is full
Mid-Autumn mooncakes are fragrant and sweet
On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Bring the Mid-Autumn Festival chapter of the "Internet China Festival" series
Happy holidays to everyone~
Osmanthus floating jade, the night is cool like washing
The bright moon is full of streets, when the world is reunited
The moon is full today
You and I spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together
Mid-Autumn Festival · Source
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, the Moonlight Festival, the Moon Festival, the Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Moon Worship Festival, the Moon Niang Festival, the Moon Festival, the Reunion Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the autumn and evening moon festivals in ancient times. It was popularized in the Han Dynasty, stereotyped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival elements contained in it have ancient origins. The Mid-Autumn Festival uses the full moon to reunite people, as a sustenance of missing hometown, missing relatives, praying for a good harvest and happiness, and becoming a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The Mid-Autumn Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, is known as the four traditional festivals in China. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially the local Chinese and overseas Chinese. On May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.
Mid-Autumn Festival · customs
Moon worship (moon worship)
Worshipping the moon is a very ancient custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "moon god". In ancient times, there was the custom of "autumn twilight and sunset". The setting moon is to worship the moon god. Since ancient times, in some parts of Guangdong, people have the custom of worshiping the moon god (moon worship, moonlight) on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. To worship the moon, set up a large incense case, and put moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums, grapes and other offerings. Under the moon, the "Moon God" tablet is placed in the direction of the moon, red candles are lit, and the whole family worships the moon in turn and prays for blessings. Worship the moon and admire the moon, and remember the moon, expressing people's good wishes. As one of the important rituals of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon worship has continued from ancient times to the present, and has gradually evolved into a folk moon appreciation and moon worship activities, and has also become the main form of modern people's desire for reunion and good wishes for life.
Burn the lamp
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a custom of lighting lamps to help the moonlight. Nowadays, there is still a custom of stacking towers with tiles to light lamps on the towers in the Huguang area. In the Jiangnan area, there is a custom of making lightboats. In modern times, the custom of lighting lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival is more prosperous. Today's Zhou Yunjin and He Xiangfei said in the article "Idle Love and Trying to Talk about the Season": "Guangdong Zhang Lantern is the most prosperous, and each family uses bamboo to tie lanterns ten days before the festival. Make fruits, birds and beasts, fish and insects and the words "Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival", and paint various colors on paste-colored paper. The Mid-Autumn Festival night light is tied to a bamboo pole with a rope, erected on the eaves or terrace, or built into a glyph or various shapes with a small lamp, and hung on the height of the house, commonly known as the 'Tree Mid-Autumn Festival' or 'Vertical Mid-Autumn Festival'. The lamp hung by the rich house can be several feet high, and the family gathers under the lamp to drink and have fun, and the ordinary people erect a flagpole and two lanterns, and also enjoy themselves. The lights of the city are nothing less than the glass world. "The custom of lighting lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival seems to be second only to the Lantern Festival.
Moon
The custom of moon viewing comes from the worship of the moon, and the solemn sacrifice becomes a light pleasure. It is said that the moon is the closest to the earth on this night, and the moon is the largest, roundest and brightest, so there is a custom of drinking and feasting and admiring the moon from ancient times to the present. In ancient times, the customs of the north and the south were different, and the customs of various places were different, and the written records of the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing activities appeared in the Wei and Jin dynasties, but they did not become a habit. In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation and moon play were quite popular, and many poets had verses about the moon in their famous articles.
Admire osmanthus and drink osmanthus wine
People often eat moon cakes to appreciate osmanthus in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat various foods made of osmanthus, with cakes and candies being the most common. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the osmanthus in the middle of the month, smelling the bursts of cinnamon, drinking a glass of osmanthus nectar wine, celebrating the sweetness of the family, has become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival.
Tide
In ancient times, in addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing in Zhejiang, watching the tide can be described as another Mid-Autumn Festival event. The custom of watching the tide in the Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, and there is a fairly detailed description in the "Seven Hairs" Fu of the Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival tide watching was more prosperous. Ming Zhu Tinghuan's "Supplementing the Old Things of Wulin" and Song Wu Zimu's "Dream Lianglu" also have records of watching the tide.
Eat mooncakes
Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes, palace cakes, reunion cakes, etc., are offerings to the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncakes were originally used as offerings to the moon god, and later people gradually used the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing and tasting mooncakes as a major symbol of family reunion. Mooncakes symbolize great reunion, and people use it as a holiday food to worship the moon and give gifts to relatives and friends. Up to now, eating moon cakes has become a necessary custom for the Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of northern and southern China, and people have to eat moon cakes on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival to show "reunion".
Excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation
It has a long history and is brilliant
Industrious and brave sons and daughters of China
Hope for the holidays
The moonlight is like water, and the breeze comes naturally
No matter where you are
Don't forget
Take a bite of the soft and sweet mooncakes
Say good luck to friends and family
We are "easy".
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Source: Netinfo Linzhang