Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient festival, and it is an important custom to offer sacrifices and enjoy the moon. Ancient emperors had a social system of offering sacrifices to the moon in spring, and folks also had the custom of offering sacrifices to the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Later, it was more important to enjoy the moon than to sacrifice it, and serious sacrifice turned into light entertainment. Although the solemn and sacred royal "Moon Sacrifice" spread to the people and became a happy "Moon Appreciation" activity for the whole family, it still retains the custom of "Moon Sacrifice". However, compared with the ancient "offering sacrifices to the moon", the general public has more secular requirements and interests in "the moon", and it also contains more practical utilitarian factors.
The custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Many poets wrote poems about the moon in their masterpieces, such as Mid-Autumn Festival to the moon, playing with the moon in the evening of Mid-Autumn Festival in Helin Temple, jathyapple on August 15, watching the moon day and night on August 15, watching the moon in Dulangzhong on August 15, and Mid-Autumn Festival. ...
In Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the activities of appreciating the moon in Yue Bai were even larger. So far, there are many remains of Yue Bai Altar, Moon Pavilion and Moon Tower all over China. The "Moon Altar" in Beijing was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and was used for royal sacrifice to the moon. Whenever the moon rises in the Mid-Autumn Festival, a case will be set up in the open air, and fruits such as moon cakes, pomegranates and dates will be placed on the console table. After Yue Bai, the whole family will sit around the dining table, chat while eating and enjoy the moon together. Now, the activities of offering sacrifices to the moon in Yue Bai have been replaced by large-scale and colorful activities of enjoying the moon by the masses.
In the early morning, children dressed in Hanfu skirts walk slowly on campus, with wide sleeves and skirts, carving out a beautiful garden, which can be painted everywhere. Singing the Mid-Autumn Festival, the ancient poem "Silent Night Thinking" is a new song to interpret the charm of traditional culture; "Full Moon on August 15th" and "I make moon cakes for grandpa" sing the meaning of reunion. "Moon Girl" and "Mid-Autumn Festival Full Moon" are interesting stories about Mid-Autumn Festival. The beauty of Hanfu is vividly displayed in children's smiles and songs and dances. China traditional culture will be integrated into education, which will enrich children's life, and let children feel the ancient traditional culture of China and the ancient ceremony of Hanfu.
There were many wonderful activities on that day, such as Chinese traditional dance performances, situational speeches about the evolution of Mid-Autumn Festival customs, the poetic interaction between flying flowers and "Moon" and "Autumn", the performance of "Xianglong", the sharing of family stories, the singing of the song "I wish people a long life" and the interactive link between flying flowers. Citizens and friends actively rushed to answer questions and became flying flowers. For example, "When will the bright moon be full, and the horizon will be * * * at this time" and "He knows that the dew will frost tonight, and the moonlight at home is bright!" It has been quoted one after another, and citizens and friends can not only relive the classics, but also harvest beautiful gifts and have fun.