Looking at the sky and the moon, the moon is not round. And heaven remains our neighbourhood, eager to wipe away tears and miss each other. Mid-Autumn Festival has no good days, and each complains about the night. When you hear the sound, you will think of your face, and you will miss it for thousands of miles. Mid-Autumn Festival night, Tianya * * * at this time. Raise a glass to invite a bosom friend, and three souls will follow. Look and look, but I can't find your trace. A glass of wine is long and fragrant. Can you smell it?
The moon is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I send my greetings from afar. The bright moon shines in the sky, and Qiu Si is full; I wish you a happy holiday and a full moon!
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According to Zhou Li, there have been activities in the Zhou Dynasty, such as "Mid-Autumn Night to Meet the Cold" and "Autumn Equinox Late Moon (Yue Bai)". The mid-August of the lunar calendar is also the time for the harvest of autumn grain. People hold a series of ceremonies and celebrations to thank the gods for their protection. This is the so-called "Autumn Newspaper". Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature is cool but not cold, the sky is crisp, and the moon is in the sky, which is the best season to enjoy the moon.
As a result, the composition of the festival was gradually replaced by enjoying the moon, and the color of the sacrifice gradually faded, but the festival continued and was given new significance. In the Northern Song Dynasty, August 15 was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival was as famous as New Year's Day and became the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.
After thousands of years of inheritance and changes, the spirit of "family reunion" has finally become the main cultural connotation of today's Mid-Autumn Festival.
The origin of the name
Mid-Autumn Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the second month of autumn, its symbol is the full moon in May, which is in the middle of Sanqiu, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. This night, the moonlight is brighter than usual, also called "moonlight". Because Mid-Autumn Festival is in autumn and August, it is also called "Autumn Festival and August Festival".
Because the sacrifices to the moon and Yue Bai are also called "Moon Festival" and "Moon Festival"; Mid-Autumn Festival family reunion, married daughter's family reunion, so it is also called Reunion Festival and Daughter's Day; During the Mid-Autumn Festival, all kinds of melons and fruits are mature and listed, which is called the "Fruit Festival". Dong people call it pumpkin festival, and Mulao people call it epigenetic festival. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people get together to enjoy the moon, offer sacrifices and celebrate the harvest.
Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "correcting the moon". The record of "Reunion Festival" was first seen in the literary works of the Ming Dynasty. Yu Zhong, a visitor to the West Lake, said: August 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send moon cakes as a symbol of reunion. "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also says: August 15th, the moon is sacrificed, cakes are round, melons are deformed, and lotus flowers are carved in petals. ..... Those who get married and stay at home will return to their parents-in-law's house in the future. This is the so-called reunion festival.