No.1 1. Poems of the Han and Wei Dynasties 1. The bright moon is bright and luminous at night, causing the weaving to sing on the east wall. Yuheng refers to Mengdong, why are the stars so clear? White dew touches the weeds, and the seasons suddenly change. The autumn cicadas chirp among the trees, and the blackbirds pass away peacefully. In the past, I and my fellow disciples held high and vibrated the six feathers. If you don't want to join hands, you will abandon me like a relic. There is a fight in the south and the north, and the oxen is not yoked. What's the use of a false reputation if a good thing is not solid? 2. Tingyue Poetry Tingyue Tower is connected to Taiqing, and Tingyue Tower is the most distinct. The sky is buzzing, the ice is spinning, the medicine is being pounded, the jade pestle is clanging. The music plays Guanghan and the sound is thin, and the axe, osmanthus and osmanthus jingle. Occasionally, a gust of fragrant wind blew up, blowing away Chang'e's laughter. 3. How bright is the bright moon? How bright is the bright moon? It shines on my bed curtains. I can't sleep due to sadness, so I pick up my clothes and wander around. Although the trip is pleasant, it is better to return home early. When I go out and feel alone, who should I complain about? The leader returned to the room and shed tears on his clothes. 4. Song of Resentment The newly cracked Qi Wan Su is as fresh and clean as frost and snow. Cut it into an acacia fan, which looks like a bright moon. Going in and out of your arms, shaking in the breeze. I am often afraid that when autumn comes, the coolness will overtake the heat. Abandon the donation box and put it in the basket, and the kindness will end. 2. Poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties Looking at the Moon on the Fifteenth Night (Wang Jian) ??Crows roost on the white trees in the courtyard, and the cold dew wets the sweet-scented osmanthus silently. Tonight, the moon is bright as far as the eye can see, and I don’t know who is missing my autumn thoughts. Guan Shanyue (Li Bai) The bright moon rises out of the Tianshan Mountains, among the vast sea of ??clouds. The wind blows tens of thousands of miles across Yumen Pass. The Han descended on the white road, and the Hu glanced at the Qinghai Bay. The origin of the battle was that no one returned. The garrisonmen looked at the border towns with sad faces as they thought about returning home. The tall building is like this night, sighing is not enough. Drinking alone under the moon (Li Bai) A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any blind date. Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and make three people in the shadows. The moon doesn't know how to drink, and its shadow follows me. For now, the moon will be shadowed, and we must have fun until spring. My singing moon lingers, my dancing shadows are scattered. They make love together when they are awake, but they separate when they are drunk. We will travel together forever, and we will meet each other in Miao Yunhan. Ye Si (Li Bai) There is a bright moonlight in front of the bed, and it is suspected to be frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the bright moon, lower your head to think about your hometown. On a moonlit night (Liu Fangping), the moonlight is deeper than half of the house, and the Beidou is tilted to the south. Tonight, I know that the spring air is warm, and the sound of insects is new through the green window screen. Chang'e (Li Shangyin) The candle shadow on the mica screen is deep, and the long river gradually sets and the dawn stars sink. Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, and her heart will be filled with blue sea and blue sky every night. On the night of August 15th (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty), the full moon flies into the bright mirror and returns to the heart to fold the sword. Turning around and walking far away, climbing osmanthus and looking up to the sky. There is frost and snow on the waterway, and feathers are visible on the forest habitat. At this moment, looking at the white rabbit, I want to count the hair. On a moonlit night, I remember my brother-in-law (Du Fu). The garrison drum breaks the line of people, and there is a sound of wild geese in the autumn. The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown. Any brothers are scattered, and they have no family to make a living. The letter sent was not delivered, but the troops were not suspended. Watching the Moon and Huaiyuan (Zhang Jiuling) The bright moon rises on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time. Lovers complain about the distant night, but they start to miss each other at night! When the candle is extinguished, the compassionate light is full, and when I put on my clothes, I feel the dew. I can't bear to give it away, but I still have a good night's sleep. Shuangyue (Li Shangyin) I first heard that there are no cicadas among the wild geese, and the water reaches the sky a hundred feet high. The young girl Su'e can withstand the cold, and fights with Chanjuan in the frost in the middle of the moon. There is a pregnant woman under the autumn moon (Meng Haoran) The bright moon hangs in the autumn sky, moistened by the dew. The startled magpies have not yet settled down, and the flying fireflies roll in behind the curtain. The cold shadows of the locust tree in the courtyard are sparse, and the neighbor's pestle sounds urgently at night. How long the good times are! Standing looking at the sky. On the night of August 15th, Playing with the Moon in Taoyuan (Liu Yuxi, Tang Dynasty) When I see the moon in the dust, my heart feels free, especially in the clear autumn in the fairy mansion. The condensed light and long cold dew fall, standing on the highest mountain at this time. There are no clouds in the blue sky, and there is no wind, and there are pines growing on the mountains and water flowing down from the mountains. Taking a leisurely look at the group of animals, the sky and the earth are thousands of miles apart. The young master led me to the jade altar, and I invited the true immortal official from afar. The clouds are about to move and the stars are moving under the clouds, and Tianle makes a sound that makes his muscles and bones feel cold. The golden clouds and clouds gradually move eastward, and the shadows of the wheel are still seen frequently. It is difficult to combine beautiful scenery with good times, so he should feel melancholy on this day. Mid-Autumn Moon (Yan Shu) Ten rounds of frost shadows turn around the courtyard. This evening, people are alone in the corner. Su'e may not be without regrets. The jade toad is cold and the osmanthus is alone. Mid-Autumn Moon (Su Shi) The dusk clouds have collected and overflowed with the cold, and the silver man turned the jade plate silently. This night in this life will not last long. Where can I see the bright moon next year? Looking at the Moon in Huanting Pavilion on the Night of August 15th (Bai Juyi, Tang Dynasty) On the night of August 15th of the past year, I was by the apricot garden by the Qujiang Pond. On the night of August 15th this year, in front of the Shatou Water Museum in Penpu. Where is the hometown to the northwest? How many times is the moon full to the southeast? Yesterday the wind blew and no one was there, but tonight the light is as clear as in previous years. Waiting for the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival (Lu Guimeng) The lack of frost has turned to late and the good wind has turned like a farewell curtain. The tree is leaning and the love is infinite. The candles are dark and the fragrance is lingering. I sit without saying goodbye. I love the Sheng tune. I hear the music in the north. I am gradually seeing the stars. I am missing the southern Ji. Who is the school? Coolness and lust. On the night of the 15th day of the eighth lunar month in Tianzhu Temple (Tangpi day off), a jade stone falls under the moon wheel and is found in front of the temple. So far, there is no such thing as happening in heaven. It should be thrown to people by Chang'e. Song Su Shi's "Seeing the Moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival and Ziyou" The bright moon is not high in the mountains, and the auspicious light is thousands of feet long. Before the cup is finished, the silver tower surges, and the chaotic clouds break away like crashing waves. Whoever washes his eyes for God should use thousands of dendrobium waters from the Ming River. Then I looked coldly at the people in the world, and I couldn't bear to look at Zhanran. The sparks in the southwest are like projectiles, and the horns and tails are bright and clear, like dragons and dragons. Tonight I can't see anything, but the fireflies are fighting to clear the cold. Whose boat was in Bian yesterday? Thousands of lights made fish and dragons change at night. I follow the waves carelessly through twists and turns, and go to the festival with a low head and follow the singing board. The green light disappears before turning around the mountain, and the waves and winds will not be strong again. The bright moon is easy to be low and people are easy to disperse. When you return to drink, you will pay more attention to it. The moonlight in front of the hall is getting clearer and clearer, and the throat is cold and the grass is dew. There is no one in the room after the rolling curtain is pushed open, except for the old man Chu who is mute under the window. Don't be ashamed of poverty in Nandu. There are several people who write poems about the moon. The personnel affairs of the Ming Dynasty followed the sunrise, and suddenly I dreamed of a guest from Yaotai. Climbing a tower to look at the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival (Song Dynasty Mi Fu) My eyes are so poor that the Huaihai Sea is as full as silver, and thousands of rainbow lights are nurturing the clams. If there is no moon door in the sky, the osmanthus branches will support the westward wheel.
No.2 3. Myths and legends related to the moon ●Chinese myths about the moon were first recorded in ancient books such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Chu Ci" and "Huainanzi". ●There are many folk legends and myths about the moon. Among them are stories such as Chang'e flying to the moon and Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising against the Yuan Dynasty. ●It is said that there is a laurel tree five hundred feet high in the moon. During the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Wu Gang who was obsessed with immortality and did not concentrate on his studies. He was demoted to the moon to cut laurels, but the laurels followed the cutting. Later generations can see the image of Wu Gang endlessly cutting laurels in the middle of the moon. 4. Fantasy poems about the moon in ancient my country ● What is the virtue of luminous light? What is the virtue of it? What's the point of being extremely profitable, but taking care of the rabbit in your belly? (Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci·Tianwen") (Meaning: What are the characteristics of the moon? It dies and grows again? What is the benefit of raising a rabbit in your arms?) ● Cut off the laurel in the moon, and the clear light should be More. (Du Fu's "One Hundred and Fifty Nights to the Moon") ●The old rabbit and the toad weep in the sky, and the walls of the cloud tower are half-open and slanting white. The moon is rolling with dew and the light is wet, and the Luan Pei meets the fragrant osmanthus street. (Li He's "Dream Sky") ●Poor moon tonight, where are you going? Someone else asked, where did we see it, the light and shadow are to the east? It's the sky, the sky is full of sweat, but the strong wind brings the Mid-Autumn Festival? Who can tie the flying mirror without roots? If Chang'e doesn't marry, who will stay? It is said that there is no reason to go through the bottom of the sea, and being in a trance makes people sad. Afraid of thousands of miles of whales, the Jade Palace and the Qiong Tower will be destroyed vertically and horizontally. A toad is so worthy of bathing in the water. How can a jade rabbit explain the ups and downs? If everything is fine, how can the cloud gradually become like a hook? (Xin Qiji's "Magnolia Slowness") 5. The best pair for moon appreciation ●The moon is bright every month, especially the moon in August; the mountains and mountains are beautiful, and the mountains of Wushan are very beautiful. ●Appreciating the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky is full and the earth is missing; a wanderer misses his hometown, a foreign land is bitter but his homeland is sweet. ●The moon in the sky is full, the moon in the world is half-full, and the full moon meets the half-month; tonight is the end of the year, tomorrow is the beginning of the year, and every year is the end of the year. ●The Seven Stars of the Big Dipper are connected to the sky at fourteen o'clock under the water; a wild goose in the south tower flies with its shadow in the middle of the moon. ●The building is tall but let the clouds fly by; Chi Xiao can bring the moon. ●The flowers all over the ground are making shadows in the shadows; the moon is peeking out from a pavilion of mountains. ●The water depends on whether it is cold or warm. I will not look for its source in the stream. I will sing the song in the setting light and enjoy the scenery by the lake. The moon waxes and wanes. Don’t ask about the first photo of the year by the pavilion. I raise a glass to invite this evening. Does Chang’e in the sky recognize me? 6. The nicknames and nicknames of the moon are Jade Rabbit, Luminous Light, Su'e, Ice Wheel, Moon Wheel, Jade Toad, Gui Po, Toad, Gu Rabbit, Chan Juan, Jade Bow, Jade Gui, Jade Plate, Jade Hook, Jade Mirror, Ice Mirror, Guanghan Palace, Chang'e, Yuyang, etc. No.3 Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Eve, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Playing Festival, Moon Worshiping Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular festival among many ethnic groups across the country. The traditional cultural festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month; it is named because it happens to be in the middle of autumn. It is said that the moon is closest to the earth on this night, and the moon is the largest, roundest and brightest. Therefore, there has been a custom of drinking and feasting to admire the moon since ancient times. The daughter-in-law who returns to her parents' home must return to her husband's home on this day to express perfection and good luck. There are also some places that set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16, such as Ningbo, Taizhou, and Zhoushan. This is the same as when Fang Guozhen occupied the three states of Wenzhou, Taizhou, and Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the attacks of Yuan Dynasty officers and soldiers and Zhu Yuantian, "the fourteenth day of the first lunar month was changed to Lantern Festival, "August 16th is the Mid-Autumn Festival". In addition, in Hong Kong, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the excitement is still not over, and there is another carnival on the 11th night called "Chasing the Moon". The Origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival is a remnant of the ancient custom of worshiping celestial phenomena and respecting the moon. According to "Zhou Li Chunguan", in the Zhou Dynasty, there were activities such as "welcoming the cold on Mid-Autumn Night", "offering good furs on Mid-Autumn Festival", and "worshiping the moon at the equinox"; in the Han Dynasty, people also respected the elderly on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival or Beginning of Autumn. , provide for the elderly and give them thick cakes. The practice of admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was also practiced in the Jin Dynasty, but it was not very common. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival was combined with mythological stories such as Chu'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting laurels, the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine, Yang Guifei turning into a moon god, and Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty visiting the Moon Palace. It is full of romantic color, and the trend of playing with the moon has just become popular. In the Northern Song Dynasty, August 15th was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the seasonal food "small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and sweet fillings in the middle". Meng Yuanlao's "Tokyo Menghua Lu" said: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, noble families decorated their pavilions, and people competed for restaurants to play in the moonlight." Moreover, "strings are heavy and cauldrons are boiling, and residents nearby hear the sound of sheng and taro in the middle of the night, just like clouds." Outside, there are children playing all night, and the night market is full of people. "Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu" said: "At this time, the golden phoenix is ??refreshing, the jade dew is refreshing, the osmanthus is fragrant, and the silver toad is shining. Rich people with huge houses all climb up to the dangerous towers, play under the moon in the pavilion, or open the pavilion, prepare banquets, play pianos and harps, drink wine and sing, so as to predict the joy of the evening. , arrange a family banquet, gather around the children, to celebrate the festival, although the poor people in the back alleys are drinking in the farmers market, they are reluctant to spend the night selling and buying in the streets, until the five drums are played, and the mother-in-law is there. "The market is burning." What's more interesting is that the "New Drunkard's Talk" records the custom of worshiping the moon: "The children of the Qingcheng family do not think that they are rich or poor, but they are all decorated with adult eyes. , climb the tower or burn incense in the atrium to worship the moon, and each has their own dynasty; men want to go to the Toad Palace early and climb up to the fairy osmanthus... Women want to look like Chang'e and be as round as the bright moon." The moon appreciation activities were popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. "The fruit cakes they offer must be round"; each family must set up a "moonlight position" and "offer offerings to the moon" in the direction of moonrise. Lu Qihong's "Beijing Suihua Ji" records: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, people put up symbols of the Moon Palace, with the symbols on them standing like people; they put melons and fruits in the courtyard, and the cakes were painted with Moon Palace symbols; men and women worshiped and burned incense. "Tian Rucheng's "West Lake Tour Notes" says: "It's evening, people have a moon-viewing banquet, or they take a boat on Baihu Lake to swim along the dawn. On the Su Causeway, they join hands in singing, just like the daytime"; "People use moon cakes. Inviting each other brings the meaning of reunion." Fucha Dunchong's "Yanjing Years' Notes" said: "The Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes from Qianmen Zhimeizhai are the best in Kyoto, and there are not enough food elsewhere.
Moon cakes are available everywhere. The larger one is more than a foot long, with the shape of a wax rabbit in the moon palace painted on it. "Every Mid-Autumn Festival, all the wealthy families in the mansion present moon cakes and fruits as gifts." When the 15th lunar month is full, melons and fruits are placed in the courtyard to worship the moon, and edamame and cockscomb flowers are offered as offerings. This is the time when the sky is bright, the colorful clouds are beginning to disperse, cups are being passed around and cups are being washed, and children are noisy. It is truly a festival. Only when the moon is offered, many men do not bow down. "At the same time, in the past five hundred years, "burning incense", "walking on the moon", "releasing sky lanterns", "trees for Mid-Autumn Festival", "lighting tower lanterns", "dancing fire dragon", "trailing stones", "selling Festival activities such as "Lord Rabbit"; among them, customs such as enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, and reunion dinners have been passed down to this day. Mid-Autumn Food Customs In ancient times, the Mid-Autumn banquet customs of the Han people were the most elegant in the palace. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, it was popular to eat crabs. Crabs were used for After the cattail bags are steamed, everyone sits around to taste them, drink the Su Ye soup after eating, and wash their hands with it. There is a screen facing east in a certain courtyard, with cockscombs, edamame, taro, peanuts, radishes and fresh lotus roots placed on both sides of the screen. There is an Eight Immortals table in front of the screen, with an extra-large moon cake on it, surrounded by pastries and fruits. After the moon festival, the mooncakes were cut into several pieces according to the royal population, and each person took a symbolic bite, which was called "eating reunion cakes." Shaoying's moon cake is "about two feet in diameter and weighs about twenty kilograms." More than 20 ethnic minorities in my country also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the customs of the Zhuang people are different. They use rice cakes to worship the moon, and the girls put lanterns on the water to measure their happiness in life, and sing the beautiful folk song "Invite the Moon Girl". The Korean people build a "moon-watching frame" with wooden poles and pine branches, and first invite the elderly to go up and explore the moon. , then light the moon-watching frame, beat the long drum, blow the cave whistle, and dance together "Farmhouse Music and Dance". On the "Tiger Day" before the festival, the whole village slaughters a bull and saves the heart of the bull to worship the ancestors on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. , to welcome the new valley, they call it the "August Festival". The Dong people let young people go on an outing and have a party, called the "Gaping Festival". The first day is the Lusheng Festival, and the young people have to sing in antiphonal style on the second day. Put on makeup and express your love to your sweetheart. The Dai people shoot muskets in the air, then sit around and drink, taste dog meat soup pot, dried pork, pickled eggs and dried eel, and talk and laugh while looking at the moon. The Li people call the Mid-Autumn Festival "August Meeting" or "Tiaohui". Song and dance gatherings will be held in each market town, and each village will be led by a "tiaoshengtou" (i.e. team leader) young men and women to participate. After everyone gathers together, everyone will give each other moon cakes, fragrant cakes, sweet cakes, flower towels, and colorful fans. People gather in groups around the fire at night, roast game, drink rice wine, and perform grand antiphonal singing. Unmarried young people take the opportunity to find their future partners and eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It was first seen in Su Dongpo's sentence "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisp and sweet taste". In the Tang and Five Dynasties, the only food for enjoying the moon was "Wan Yue Soup", and moon cakes were not seen as a food. The name is associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation, which first appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty's "Wulin Old Stories". Since the Ming Dynasty, there have been more records about enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon cakes are given to each other in various sizes and are called "moon cakes". The moon cakes sold in the market stores are often filled with fruits and have strange names. Some moon cakes are worth hundreds of dollars. Li also said that August 15th is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people give mooncakes as gifts to each other in the name of reunion. On this night, every family holds a moon-viewing feast, or brings mooncakes in food boxes and wine bottles. Take an overnight trip to the lake. On the West Lake Su Di, people gathered in groups, singing and dancing. It's no different than during the day. From these records, we can see the grand occasion of Hangzhou people admiring the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival night. For a long time, our people have accumulated rich experience in making mooncakes. There are more and more types of mooncakes and the craftsmanship has become more and more sophisticated. Salty, sweet, meaty, and vegetarian all have different flavors; glossy and lacy, each has its own characteristics. Peng Yunzhang in the late Ming Dynasty wrote in "Youzhou Local Customs": "Moon palace cakes are made of silver toads and purple mansion shadows, and a pair of rabbits fill the world. I regret that the young lady stole the medicine in the year. I rushed into Guanghan and could not return, and I worked in vain. "Psest in Danyan." This shows that the ingenious chef has reproduced the beautiful legend of Chang'e flying to the moon as a food art pattern on the mooncakes. Fucha Dunchong of the Qing Dynasty also recorded in his "Yanjing Years' Notes" that "the best mooncakes can be found everywhere, the largest ones are more than a foot long, and they are painted in the shape of a toad in the moon palace and a rabbit getting married." This shows that ancient mooncakes have flourished from content to form. No.4 The Mid-Autumn Festival is a major contribution of the Chinese people to world culture. This contribution is not only about eating moon cakes, admiring the moon, and having reunions, but also constitutes a moon culture with extremely rich cultural connotations. Generally speaking, the knowledge about the moon involves two parts: lunarology and lunarology. The focus of lunar science is the study of the moon's composition, structure, movement (including moonquakes), lunar appearance, and the formation process of the moon. The focus of lunology is to study the relationship between the moon and the earth, especially the role and influence of the moon on earth's creatures and human culture. Specifically, lunar science can be divided into lunar geomorphology, lunar biology, and lunar culture. The so-called lunar geomorphology mainly studies the influence and effect of the existence of the moon on the earth's topography and landforms (including meteorological climate). The most prominent effect is the ocean tide phenomenon on the earth. In addition, there are also crustal tide phenomena, atmospheric tide phenomena, etc. .
The so-called lunar biology mainly studies the role and influence of the moon on earth organisms. The prominent phenomenon is that the survival cycle (including physiological cycle) of many earth organisms is obviously affected by the moon's gravity and its effects (including tidal phenomena), such as Marine life, especially offshore life, is very sensitive to tides, the menstrual cycle of human women (further proof is needed), and some birds navigate based on the moon. The so-called lunar culture studies mainly studies the relationship between human culture and the moon. This is a very interesting question and involves many aspects of human cultural life. 1. The existence of the moon should be regarded as nature’s special attachment to human beings. This is because it is unique in the solar system for a planet as big as the Earth to have a satellite as big as the moon, and it may also be very rare in the Milky Way. What's more coincidental is that from the earth, the angle of view of the moon is almost exactly the same as that of the sun, that is, the moon is as big as the sun, and the moon, sun and earth are basically on the same plane of motion, so there will be solar eclipses, Lunar eclipses and the moon's waxing and waning cycles. In view of this, we have reason to believe that the existence of the moon is an important factor in promoting the development of human brain thinking; it can even be said that half of human wisdom enlightenment comes from the moon. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, this should become one of the important contents of admiring the moon and asking about the moon. 2. The periodic movement of the moon around the earth and the periodic changes in light and dark on the moon's surface directly promote the formation and application of human calendars and the corresponding star culture (see the book "Mysterious Star Culture and Games", People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House) . The calendar based on the movement and periodic changes of the moon is called the lunar calendar (the moon represents yin in the Chinese lunar culture), and the calendar based on the cyclical movement of the sun is called the solar calendar (the sun represents the yang in the Chinese lunar culture). A combination of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar The Chinese calendar is called the lunisolar calendar, and the Chinese lunar calendar is the lunisolar calendar (for example, leap months belong to the lunar calendar, and the 24 solar terms belong to the solar calendar). The Chinese formulated or used a lunar calendar. At least during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there were written records such as "Ji Sheng Ba" in oracle bone inscriptions, which described in detail the cyclical changes of the moon's waxing and waning. At the same time, the geographical document "Shan Hai Jing·Da Huang Si Jing" in the Yin and Shang Dynasties also clearly recorded: "There was a woman who was bathing in the moon, and Emperor Jun's wife Chang Xi was born in the second month of the month, so she began to bathe." As the ancestor of the Yin and Shang people, the so-called Chang Xi bathed in the moon actually means that Chang Xi invented or formulated a calendar of twelve months a year, and "bathing in it" is a demonstration of this calendar (it is of the nature of astronomical witchcraft) , for details, please refer to the full-color book "Reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas with Classic Pictures" (Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House). 3. Myths and legends about the moon, the most famous of which is the story of Chang'e flying to the moon. For scientific information interpretation of this story (including related ancient myths and legends), please refer to the author's "Chang'e: The Victim of the Disaster Witchcraft" and "The Great Collision between Heaven and Earth Experienced by Our Ancient Ancestors Left an Immortal Mark on the Folk" Wait for the text. In addition, there are the moon palace, laurel, moon essence, laurel seeds, moon tree, moon rabbit and toad, the story of Wu Gang, etc. 4. Folk festivals and folk activities related to the moon, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, eating moon cakes, family reunions, and the custom of "marrying a thousand miles together" by the old man under the moon (Yue Lao). In addition, it also includes cultural content such as naming with the word "month". In ancient times, some people's farming and harvesting activities were often carried out at night when there was a moon; in contrast, many military activities were often carried out at night when there was no moon. 5. There are countless literary works about the moon. What is more prominent among them is the description of the moon in ancient poetry, as well as the association and emotional catharsis of seeing the moon and thinking about it. 6. Scenic spots related to the moon include the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Moon, and the Xiannong Altar in Beijing, the Moonlight River Sound Hall in the Summer Resort (Kangxi inscribed the title based on the meaning of the words in Su Shi's "Red Cliff Ode"), and Daoxian County in Hunan. Crescent Rock in Guangxi, Crescent Mountain in Guilin, Guangxi, Crescent Spring in Dunhuang, Gansu, etc. No.5 The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is my country’s traditional Mid-Autumn Festival and the second largest traditional festival in my country after the Spring Festival. August 15th is right in the middle of autumn, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The ancient Chinese calendar called August, which is in the middle of autumn, "Zhongqiu", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Zhongqiu Festival". On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is bright and clear. The ancients regarded the full moon as a symbol of reunion. Therefore, August 15th is also called the "Reunion Festival". Throughout the ages, people have often used the terms "full moon" and "waning moon" to describe "joys and sorrows". Wanderers living in foreign lands use the moon to express their deep feelings. Poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Looking up at the bright moon, bowing his head thinking about his hometown", Du Fu's "The dew is white tonight, the moon is bright in my hometown", Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty wrote "The spring breeze is green again on the south bank of the river, when will the bright moon shine on me again" and other poems, They are all eternal songs. The Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient festival, and worshiping and admiring the moon is an important custom of the festival. In ancient times, emperors had a social system of worshiping the sun in spring and the moon in autumn, and people also had the custom of worshiping the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Later, admiring the moon became more important than worshiping the moon, and serious worship turned into relaxed entertainment. The custom of appreciating the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival peaked in the Tang Dynasty. Many poets included poems praising the moon in their famous works. In the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, the activities of worshiping and appreciating the moon among the court and the people became more extensive. There are many ancient monuments such as "Moon Worship Altar", "Moon Worship Pavilion" and "Moon Watching Tower" remaining in various parts of our country. The "Altar of the Moon" in Beijing was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty for the royal family to worship the moon.
Whenever the moon rises during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a table is set up in the open air, and moon cakes, pomegranates, dates and other fruits are offered on the table. After worshiping the moon, the whole family sits around the table, eats and talks, and enjoys the bright moon. Nowadays, the activities of worshiping and worshiping the moon have been replaced by large-scale and colorful mass moon-viewing recreational activities. Eating mooncakes is another custom during the festival, as mooncakes symbolize reunion. The production of mooncakes has become more and more sophisticated since the Tang Dynasty. Su Dongpo wrote in a poem: "The cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisp and sweet fillings in the middle." Yang Guangfu of the Qing Dynasty wrote: "The moon cakes are filled with peach and meat fillings, and the ice cream is sweet with cane sugar frosting." It seems that the mooncakes at that time are quite similar to those now. According to historical records, the term "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book "Zhou Rites". In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "ordering the minister to suppress the cattle confusion, and on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, the left and right people were incognito and flooded the river". It was not until the early Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. "Book of Tang·Taizong Ji" records the "Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th". The popularity of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become as famous as New Year's Day and became one of the major festivals in our country. This is also the second largest traditional festival in our country after the Spring Festival. "West Lake Tour Zhiyu" says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send mooncakes to each other to symbolize reunion." "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also says: "When worshiping the moon on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the cakes will be round, the melons will be broken into pieces, and the petals will be carved like lotus flowers. ... Those who have a wife who has returned to peace will return to her husband's house on this day, which is called reunion. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, most areas in my country still have the custom of baking "reunion", which is a small cake that symbolizes reunion and is similar to a moon cake. The cake is filled with sugar, sesame, osmanthus and vegetables, and the moon, osmanthus and rabbit are pressed on the outside. After worshiping the moon, the elders in the family will cut the cake into pieces according to the number of people, and leave one piece for each person, which means that the family will be reunited during the Mid-Autumn Festival when there are few clouds and fog. It is bright and clear, and in addition to holding a series of activities such as appreciating the moon, worshiping the moon, and eating moon cakes to wish for reunion, some places also have activities such as dancing grass dragons and building pagodas. In addition to moon cakes, various seasonal fresh and dried fruits are also delicacies on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Another theory of the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is that the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month happens to be the time when rice is ripe, and every family worships the God of the Earth. The Mid-Autumn Festival may be a legacy of the autumn harvest.