In China, there has been a custom of offering sacrifices to the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival since ancient times. There is a record of "autumn twilight and the moon" in the Book of Rites, that is, worshipping the moon god. According to legend, in the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, a ceremony was held to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival became the most important festival.
However, the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is closely related to the romantic legend of Tang Xuanzong's visit to the Moon Palace: it is said that on the night of August 15, Tang Xuanzong turned his crutches into a silver bridge in the air and stepped into the Moon Palace with a Taoist priest. However, I saw the plaque on the gatehouse reading "House of Wide Cold and Clear Deficiency", the white rabbit under the tall osmanthus tree at the door was taking medicine, and the fairies in the palace were dancing to the melodious music. After Xuanzong came back from the Moon Palace, he ordered people to sort out the dance music he secretly wrote down and named it "Colorful Feathers". The reason why the Moon Palace is called "Guanghan Palace" is also related to this legend.
? ? This song "Colorful Feather" is very popular in the court of Tang Dynasty, and it is the representative work of Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. At first it was just a performance in court. Xuanzong personally taught the disciples of Liyuan to play, and the ladies-in-waiting sang and danced. When Yang Yuhuan became the imperial concubine, colorful feathers were played. Dancers dress up as fairies, elegant and gorgeous, wearing walking crowns, feather gowns and neon skirts, dancing in the music, with light, graceful and elegant movements. This makes colorful feathers a representative song of Mid-Autumn Festival.