[Internet China Festival · Mid -Autumn Festival] During the Mid -Autumn Festival, these customs are worth reviewing

August 15th of the lunar calendar is Mid -Autumn Festival

Also known as the Moon Festival, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival, etc.

There are customs such as the moon appreciation, eating moon cakes, and lighting lights

With the development of the times

The Mid -Autumn Festival has been given more affection

Carrying people's strong hometown friendship and family feelings

Festival

The term "Mid -Autumn Festival" is first recorded in "Zhou Li". In the Chinese lunar calendar in China, it is divided into four seasons a year, and each season can be divided into Meng, Zhong, and season. The ancients "Mid -Autumn Festival" and "autumn" are common, so the name of "Zhongqiu" slowly transformed into "Mid -Autumn Festival".

Festive custom

Moon appreciation

There are few clouds in the Mid -Autumn Festival, and the moonlight is bright and bright. People take the opportunity to put on the fruit, enjoy the moon, and celebrate the liquor to celebrate a better life.

Sacrifice moon

Sacrifice the moon refers to a kind of worship of the moon god. On the Mid -Autumn Festival night, people will set up incense cases under the moon, and the case is filled with moon cakes, red dates, fruits, etc. to worship the moon god.

Burn lamp

On the night of the Mid -Autumn Festival, the sky was as clear as water, and the moon was like a mirror. People are tied to the bamboo pole with a rope, hanging high on the tile eaves or terraces, and drinking together under the lamp.

Festive food

Moon cake

Moon cakes are also called baked cakes, palace cakes, reunion cakes, etc. In the Tang Dynasty, moon cakes were recorded at the beginning. In the Ming Dynasty, moon cakes became the official food of the Mid -Autumn Festival. According to traditional customs, when eating moon cakes, the moon cakes should be cut according to people, each person is one person, which means reunion and harmony.

Osmanthus

When the Mid -Autumn Festival is the time of osmanthus fragrant, every Mid -Autumn Festival night, people are accustomed to smelling the scent of osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine.

Hairy crab

The autumn wind rises, the crab feet itch. Every year at the Mid -Autumn Festival, the crab cream is full of yellow fertilizer, so it is loved by people and becomes a must -have food for festivals.

Pomegranate

Due to the bright colors, full of seeds, it means that the blessings and the prosperity of the family are one of the must -have food for the Mid -Autumn Festival.

On May 20, 2006, the State Council included the Mid -Autumn Festival in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, and has been listed as a national legal holiday since 2008.

With the development of the times, the expression of traditional festivals has been further enriched and extended. In recent years, Yingkou people have inherited traditional culture through the Mid -Autumn Festival by holding Hanfu clothing culture exhibitions, poetry competitions and other methods, attracting more and more people to join the team that promotes outstanding traditional culture.

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Director / Wang Zhonglu / Zhang Xuyong

Reporter / Editor Cheng Jingya / Takao Tao

Editor -in -chief / Li Xu and Wei Jiapeng Production / Hao Yuan

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