Based on this origin, today's Mid-Autumn Festival still has a very close relationship with the moon. As far as the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival is concerned, the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival is set on August 15th of the lunar calendar, which is exactly the night of the full moon. In fact, the early activities of offering sacrifices to the moon were generally held at the autumnal equinox. Later, due to the development of the calendar, it was changed to August 15. Although times have changed, the festival custom still retains the activity of offering sacrifices to the moon. Later, on the basis of offering sacrifices to the moon, the ancients derived activities such as appreciating the moon, chanting the moon and chasing the moon, which gave birth to many ancient poems related to the moon.
There are many ancient poems related to the moon in the history of China, among which the Tang Dynasty was the outbreak period of the moon poems. During this period, the number of poems about the moon suddenly increased because the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty further developed the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mid-autumn festival became an officially recognized festival in this period, and it was also during this period that the ancients began to integrate Mid-autumn Festival? The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon? 、? Don visited the Moon Palace? Like fairy tales.
Among the ancient poems chanting the moon in the Tang Dynasty, there are Liu Yuxi's The 15th Night of August, Zhang's Moonlit Night on the Spring River, Li Bai's Journey on the Gulang Moon, and Zhang Jiuling's Looking at the Moon and Thinking Far away. Among them, in the poem Gulangyu? I didn't know the moon when I was young. Is it called white jade plate? Always a classic. After entering the Song Dynasty, the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival was officially confirmed, that is, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. At the same time, the festival of eating moon cakes began to appear. As far as the ancient poems chanting the moon in the Song Dynasty are concerned, the representative works at this stage include Su Shi's Tune, Being Far Away and Sincere, and Mi Fei's Moon Landing in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Until now, Mid-Autumn Festival is still a festival that China people attach great importance to. On this day, there are still activities related to the moon. Just the past? Greater Bay Area Mid-Autumn Festival movie and music evening? In fact, one of the links involves reciting ancient poems related to the moon in hometown dialect, which is also very interesting.