First, "Mid-Autumn Night" Tang
On a mid-autumn night in Jiangnan Water Temple, the moon moth is watched by the golden millet fence.
The red candle shadow is almost immortal, and the emerald ring moves to see many people.
The fragrant and colorful temples are condensed with blue musk deer, and the dew around Tsing Yi is mixed and renewed.
Martial arts are far away in the night sky, and I don't know the way home.
Second, "Drunken Beauty" Song Zhaofu
People get together every year, but fortunately there is wine by the poem.
Mo Dao Feng Xuan only fishes and sleeps with secular nights.
Third, "Central Plains" Yuan Dynasty: Qiu Yuan
In early autumn, when looking at the night, the flat is inclined at the beginning.
Summer can faint the moon, and the anvil sound never leaves the clouds.
The lanterns float white water, and the old woman recites the inscription.
Speaking of Mid-Autumn Festival, there are very few Confucian books.
River lantern, also known as lotus lantern, is a kind of folk sacrifice and religious activity of Han nationality, which is used to mourn the dead relatives. River lanterns, also known as "lotus lanterns", usually put lights or candles on the base, and put them into rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival to let them float. The custom of setting off river lanterns in memory of the deceased has a long history. The Book of Songs in the Spring and Autumn Period has recorded the folk custom of Qin Gui holding a candle to arouse his soul and keep his spirit alive.
During the period of the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period, wars continued. After attacking the city and destroying the village with ships carrying fire, it has gradually become a practice and custom to bury the fallen soldiers in the water, put flowers on the raft and light lanterns to float on the water as sacrifices to old friends and dead souls.
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Christmas day for local officials, and it is also the day for them to atone. This day is not only a Taoist religious festival Mid-Autumn Festival, but also a folk festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival. According to Taoist classics, on this day, the earth god will take out the scriptures of all sentient beings and outline the outline of forgiveness and punishment according to the performance of six sentient beings.
As the saying goes, the magistrate was in hell with his inmates until July 15. Except for the book of sin, the root of evil, the name of death and the birth of the book, those who have been mentioned, not mentioned, not mentioned, certified, not certified, found and undiscovered will be pardoned. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival in July, the Buddha was merciful and forgave hell. When local officials forgive sins and eliminate disasters, people often give alms and accept ghosts and gods at this time.
As early as the Song Dynasty, the Chinese nation had been expressly stipulated by the imperial court that river lanterns should be set off on the Mid-Yuan Festival to remember the old friends, sacrifice ancestors and pray for the living.
In the Song Dynasty, the imperial court officially stipulated that the Mid-Autumn Festival should burn river lanterns, rescue the lonely souls, set off fireworks and perform the Mulian opera. Many poets left poems about the river lanterns of the West Lake in Hangzhou. Since then, river lanterns have been held every July and a half, which are popular all over the country. On this day, people will set up wine glasses, burn paper money to worship their ancestors, and take part in ceremonial activities such as setting off river lanterns to mourn the dead relatives or bless the living.