Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient and traditional festival in China. Whenever this time, the family is reunited and happy. There are many stories about the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival. They are very interesting.
As early as the Three Dynasties, China had the custom of "Twilight in Autumn". The moon at night is to worship the moon god.
According to historical records, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in Zhou Li. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, activities to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon were held.
Usually, many people say that the Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. According to historical records: "Yesterday, Chang 'e took the medicine of the Queen Mother of the West to live forever, so she went to the moon with the essence of the moon. "Chang 'e paid hard labor for this move, and she can't return to the world for life. Li Bai was very sad for this, and wrote a poem: "The white rabbit pounded medicine in autumn, and came back to life in spring. Who is the female neighbor? " Although Chang 'e herself feels good about the Moon Palace, she can't bear loneliness. She returns to Earth to reunite with her husband all night on August 15 every year, but she must return to the Moon Palace before dawn. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the world not only wants to get together with Chang 'e on the moon, but also hopes that Chang 'e can come down to see her beauty. Therefore, when many people burn incense in Yue Bai, they pray that "men wish to leave themoon early and ascend to the immortal laurel" ... while women wish to look like Chang 'e and be as round as the bright moon. "Year after year, people celebrate this day as a festival.
In the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a record of "telling Shangshu Town about the cow's confusion, crossing the river in mid-autumn, and traveling incognito around".
Some people think that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. The Book of Emperor Taizong recorded the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in Ming Di in the Tang Dynasty. The book "The Legacy of Kaiyuan" in the Tang Dynasty records that on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, Tang and Yang Guifei played under the moon and swam to Xing. They went to the Moon Palace, where Tang learned half of the colorful feathers, and later supplemented them and became a masterpiece. Tang will never forget this trip to the Moon Palace. At this time of year, we should enjoy the moon. People follow suit and get together at the full moon to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the earth. Over time, it has become a tradition. In the Tang Dynasty, it was quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave mooncakes to each other as a symbol of reunion. In the evening, there are activities such as enjoying the moon and swimming in the lake.
It has been suggested that the Mid-Autumn Festival was originally the anniversary of the uprising that overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people could not stand the government's rule. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, they wrote, "Kill Tatars and destroy the Yuan Dynasty; The note "Let's do it together on August 15" is hidden in a small round cake made of chromium and passed to each other. On the evening of August 15, every family United and overthrew the rule of the yuan dynasty. Later, every Mid-Autumn Festival, we all eat moon cakes to commemorate this historic victory.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was as famous as New Year's Day and became one of the major festivals in China. This is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.
The origin of this Mid-Autumn Festival is really varied. I don't know which statement is correct. I'm confused anyway.