The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to the ancient pre-Qin period, derived from people's worship of the moon, and there are many related records in the Book of Rites, such as "Tianzi Spring Dynasty, Autumn Sunset Moon" and so on. With the passage of time, such sacrifice activities gradually spread to the folk, in the Han and Wei Period mid-autumn gradually from the ritual system into folk customs, to the Tang Dynasty due to the highly developed social economy, culture, etc., people's quality of life has been relatively greatly improved, the Mid-Autumn Festival has evolved into a fixed festival, whether it is the royal family or ordinary people, will hold moon sacrifices and moon appreciation activities on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, in order to thank the gods for their gifts.
In the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was more valued by the people, in addition to the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were also moon cakes, until the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Qing Dynasty has evolved into a traditional festival with the same name as the Spring Festival. After thousands of years of historical precipitation, the Mid-Autumn Festival has evolved many unique customs, such as moon worship, moon viewing, tide watching, guessing and other activities. As the saying goes, "the people take food as the sky", such an important traditional festival as the Mid-Autumn Festival, naturally there is no shortage of food, there are "6 treasures" during the Mid-Autumn Festival, all of which are good food during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but don't forget to eat.
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As the saying goes, "August 15 is round, the Mid-Autumn Moon Cake is fragrant and sweet", the custom of eating mooncakes during the August 15th Mid-Autumn Festival has been passed down for a long time, although the specific time of eating mooncakes cannot be studied, but through ancient documents, classics, etc., it can be found that the custom of eating mooncakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is an offering of the ancient royal worship of the "Moon God" in the Mid-Autumn Festival, with the passage of time The mooncakes gradually enter the folk, and the mooncakes are shaped like a full moon, with the meaning of family reunion and praying for happiness and peace, over time it has evolved into a seasonal cuisine of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncakes have developed so far, with a variety of varieties and different tastes, among which Beijing-style mooncakes, Su-style mooncakes, Cantonese-style mooncakes, etc., are widely loved in the north and south of China.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" >2, the second treasure: osmanthus wine</h1>
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, when people look up at the moon and taste the moon cake, the osmanthus flowers also bloom, and the aroma of the osmanthus flowers is intoxicating. Osmanthus is not only available for viewing, can smell the fragrance of the gods, but also the value of eating, in the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people will use it to make osmanthus cake or soaked osmanthus wine, especially the brewed osmanthus wine, the unique osmanthus fragrance after the entrance is enough to make people intoxicated, even Qu Yuan can't help but issue a "help Ji Dou Xi drink cinnamon pulp" and "Dian Gui Xi pepper pulp" in the "September" admiration, which shows that the osmanthus wine is not only fragrant and mellow, but also has a long history. On this Mid-Autumn Festival reunion night, drink a cup of osmanthus honey wine and celebrate the happiness of the family reunion.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" >3, the third treasure: crabs</h1>
As the saying goes, "the west wind rings the crab feet itchy", the Mid-Autumn Festival is when the female crab cream is tender, and the fat and tender crab yellow and the fresh and sweet crab white are enough to make people salivate. The custom of eating crabs in the Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, in the ancient Han Mid-Autumn Festival banquet customs, the royal banquet customs are the most elegant, like the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet of the Ming Dynasty court has been popular to eat crabs, "crabs are steamed with pu bags, everyone sits around and tastes, accompanied by wine vinegar." And our country has always paid attention to the friendship between people, just "crab" and "xie" harmonic sound, in this flower full moon, visit relatives and friends, wanderers return with a "thank you" word to express their hearts is no better, so the use of "crab" instead of thanks is very appropriate, the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion do not forget to steam a pot of crab to eat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" >4, the fourth treasure: pomegranate</h1>
In ancient times, there is the custom of "autumn twilight moon", of which "sunset moon" is to worship the moon god, until now every Mid-Autumn Festival still has this custom, worship of course needs offerings, mid-autumn is the time when the pomegranate is ripe, red as agate, white as crystal, sweet and juicy, sweet and juicy after the entrance, and pomegranate has always been regarded as a mascot, with longevity, auspiciousness and reunion meaning, so the pomegranate has become one of the offerings on the table. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, crystal glass fruit plates are filled with crystal clear pomegranate seeds, and in addition to enjoying the moon, it is very leisurely.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" >5, the fifth treasure: taro</h1>
Folk have the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat taro exquisite, in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty in the "Chaozhou FuZhi" once recorded that "the Mid-Autumn Festival to play the moon, peel taro to eat, called peeling the skin of the ghost", so in the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat taro has the meaning of eliminating disasters and warding off evil. In Laiyang there is a Mid-Autumn Festival morning eat taro to taste the custom, although at this time the local taro has not yet reached the best harvest period, but taro and "Yu" harmonic, so people in order to please a good color, hope that the future days can have surplus, every Mid-Autumn Festival, Laiyang people will planing some taro to taste fresh. In the Chaoshan region, people are accustomed to using taro to worship their ancestors, so there is also a custom of eating taro in Chaoshan in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although the meaning of eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival across the country is different, it all expresses people's yearning for a better life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" >6, the sixth treasure: grapefruit</h1>
Grapefruit is a seasonal fruit in autumn, the taste is sweet and sour, eating grapefruit can well dissolve the greasy feeling of the meal, promote digestion, and "grapefruit" and "Youzi", "wanderer" homophonous, meaning auspicious, family reunion. On the occasion of the autumn reunion, you may wish to buy a few grapefruit to eat at home, which has both the meaning of good beauty and coolness, which is the best of both worlds.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" >- Lao Jing said</h1>
Dangui fragrance, autumn is strong, unconsciously it is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, I wish everyone a happy reunion, family fun, spend a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
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