[Network China Festival · Mid -Autumn Festival] Mid -Autumn Festival in Dunhuang murals

Today, people do n’t see the ancient moon, and this month was based on the ancients.On the full moon night, I do n’t know what the ancients in the Dunhuang murals are imagined by the moon, is it the moon rabbit of Jin toad, cinnamon trees, and medicine?

The fifth generation of the Moon Mogao Grottoes in the hand of the Bodhisattva

The Eleven Fame of the Guanyin Bodhisattva Mogao Grottoes of the Hand -up of the Sun and the Moon

Moonlight Bodhisattva Mogao Grottoes Mid -Tang Dynasty

Moonlight Bodhisattva multiplied in the goose, holding the moon wheel, sitting in the moon.Seeing all sentient beings, the supreme Bodhi wish, and vowed to save all the emotional reincarnation.

Worship the Moon Tu Mogao Grotto, Cave 103 Tang Dynasty

On the full moon night, worship the moon god, and pray for family reunion and lover to reunite.

"New Moon"

According to historical records, the traditional Dunhuang moon cakes have a diameter of 30cm and a thickness of 5cm. This size is clearly a round moon in the sky.The so -called "one foot moon cake like worship the moon on the moon worship the moon".

Xu Haipeng

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