Mid-autumn festival handwritten newspaper
Mid-autumn festival handwritten newspaper
Mid-autumn festival handwritten newspaper
Mid-Autumn Festival is also called 1, Mid-Autumn Festival.
August 15th is in the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. In China's lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. Therefore, August in the middle of autumn is called "Mid-Autumn Festival" in our ancient calendar, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival".
2. August Festival
The most solemn traditional festival of the Gelao nationality is August Festival (August 15-20). On the first day of the festival, all people, old and young, will put on new clothes and gather on the terrace of the stockade. It is said that the singing and dancing activities of young men and women continued until the last day of the festival.
3. Moon Chasing Festival
In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is scheduled for August 16, such as Ningbo, Taizhou and Zhoushan. This is related to the occupation of Wentai in the Ming Dynasty and the change of "Lantern Festival on the 14th day of the first month and Mid-Autumn Festival on the 16th of August" to prevent attacks by officers and men of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhu. This carnival is called "Chasing the Moon".
4. Rabbit Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival in old Beijing has the custom of offering sacrifices to rabbits, and men and women in Beijing also call this day "Rabbit Day". Rabbit is a unique folk god in Beijing, and Zaojun Temple in Huashi Street outside Chongwenmen is considered as the lair of male prostitutes. As soon as the eighth month of the lunar calendar, people who buy rabbits will come in an endless stream.
5, the moon and dusk
The ancients regarded February 15th in midsummer as the "Flower Dynasty", and accordingly called August 15th in midsummer as "Moonlit Night". The moon on August 15 is rounder and brighter than the full moon in other months, which is one of the reasons why it is called "moonlit night".
6. Play the Moon Festival
In the Mid-Autumn Festival in Tokyo's Dream, written by Yuan Zhen Meng in the Northern Song Dynasty, it said: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, your family put on a dressing table, and the people competed for the restaurant to play the moon." In ancient times, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, people had the custom of playing under the moon and holding banquets to enjoy the moon, so it was also called the "Moon Festival". On that day, the children in the green room played all night. As for the night market, as for familiarity. " The royal family will also hold a Mid-Autumn Festival party.
7. August meeting
August Festival, also known as "Adjustment", is popular in Danzhou City, Hainan Province. On the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, young men and women planted in market towns and gave each other sweet cake, moon cakes, flower towels, colored fans and vests. Rivers flow through the city in droves. Out of the village at night. Go to the appointed meeting place and conduct large-scale training activities.
8. moon worship festival
In ancient China, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk". The moon at night is to worship the moon god. According to legend, the ugly women in ancient Qi had no salt. When she was young, she was very devout to Yue Bai. When she grew up, she entered the palace with superior moral character, but she was not loved. Seeing the moon on August 15th, the son of heaven saw her in the moonlight and thought she was beautiful and outstanding. Later, he made her queen, and Yue Bai came from the Mid-Autumn Festival.
9. Daughter's Day
In Yue Bai, whenever the full moon rises, every family will put an incense table in front of the moonlight in the yard. According to custom, most of them are women who pay homage to the whole family. Even the daughter-in-law who lives in her parents' house must go back to her husband's house for the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is also a proverb in the north, "Men don't Yue Bai, women don't sacrifice stoves", so they call Mid-Autumn Festival Daughter's Day.
10, reunion festival
On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the bright moon is in the sky, and the light is scattered all over the earth. People regard the full moon as a symbol of reunion, and August 15 is the day for family reunion. Therefore, Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival".