Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating Yue Bai, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.
The record of "Reunion Festival" was first seen in the Ming Dynasty. "Journey to the West Lake" says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send moon cakes to show their reunion". "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also said: "On August 15th, the moon was sacrificed, the cakes were round, the melons were wrongly divided, and the petals were carved with lotus flowers. ..... people who marry their relatives in the province will return to their husband's family one day. This is the so-called reunion festival ".
Myths and legends of Mid-Autumn Festival: The legends of Mid-Autumn Festival are very rich, and myths and stories such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting Guangxi and Jade Rabbit smashing medicine are widely circulated. China has a vast territory, a large population and different customs. The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in a variety of ways, with strong local characteristics. In Pucheng, Fujian, women have to cross nanpu bridge to live longer during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival commemorates Chang 'e from a fairy tale. It is said that there was a sun in the sky in ancient times, and Hou Yi bravely shot down nine. The Queen Mother of the West gave him the elixir of life, and Hou Yi gave it to Chang 'e for safekeeping. Later, Feng Meng, a disciple of Houyi, took advantage of Houyi's absence to force Chang 'e to hand over the fairy medicine. Chang 'e swallowed it himself and flew to the moon. The price Chang 'e paid for this move was hard labor, and she could not return to the world for life.
To commemorate Chang 'e now is because she is the wife of Hou Yi, and it is a sigh and deep sympathy for the beautiful love that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon will never see again. There are many traditional festivals in our country. Although many festivals gradually fade with the progress of the times, August 15 is celebrated solemnly every year. On this day, people get together with their families, eat moon cakes, eat fruits and enjoy the moon. At the same time, the old people at home will tell their children the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.
The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival.