How to write and pronounce the Mid-Autumn Festival in English Mid-Autumn Festival in English: Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival became an officially recognized national festival around the Tang Dynasty. "Tang Shu Taizong Ji" records the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. The custom of appreciating the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was very popular in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty, and many poets included verses praising the moon in their famous works. And the Mid-Autumn Festival was combined with mythological stories such as Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting laurels, the Jade Rabbit making medicine, Yang Guifei turning into the moon god, Tang Minghuang's visit to the moon palace, etc., making it full of romance, and the trend of playing with the moon became popular. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. In literary works, there are seasonal foods such as moon cakes, which are crispy and sweet. For example, Meng Yuanlao's "Tokyo Menghua Lu" said: On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, noble families decorated their pavilions, and people competed in restaurants to enjoy the moon.
Is there a Mid-Autumn Festival abroad? Some foreign regions also have the tradition of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, such as Japan, Vietnam, and North Korea.
Japan:
Japanese people do not eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but eat a snack called Tsukimi dumplings. The Full Moon Festival is not only the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, but also the 13th day of the ninth lunar month. On the festival day, thousands of residents put on costumes with ethnic characteristics, chanted and shouted, helped the old and the young, carried shrines to temples and offered incense. The children also go to the wild to collect wild grasses that symbolize good fortune and decorate their homes to usher in happiness. In the evening, the whole family gathers in the yard and places fruits, rice dumplings, etc. as offerings to the moon god. Then they share food, admire the moon, and listen to the old man's stories about the moon. myth.
Vietnam:
During the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, lantern festivals are held across Vietnam, and the designs of lanterns are judged, and the winners will receive rewards. Some places in Vietnam also organize lion dances during festivals, often on the fourteenth and fifteenth nights of the eighth lunar month. Children will carry various lanterns and play in groups.
North Korea:
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household eats pancakes and gives gifts to each other. The puff pastry is shaped like a half-moon and is made of rice flour. The filling is bean paste, date paste, etc. It is named after the pine hair that is padded during steaming. At night, while admiring the moon, there will be tug-of-war, wrestling matches or singing and dancing performances. Young girls put on colorful festival costumes and gathered under the big trees to play Burren games (swinging), stepping on the springboard, playing tops and other folk activities on Autumn Eve.