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.
The Book of Emperor Taizong records that August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is very popular in Chang 'an area. Many poets' masterpieces contain poems about the moon, which are combined with fairy tales such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting Guangxi, Jade Rabbit tinkering with medicine, and Yang Guifei changing the moon god, so that it is full of romance and the wind of playing the moon can prevail.
The protagonist of Mid-Autumn Festival is moon cakes. There are many legends about the origin of moon cakes, and the more popular view appeared in the Tang Dynasty. In the early Tang Dynasty, the East Turkistan was powerful. Tang gaozu rose from Taiyuan and surrendered to Turk Khan, in exchange for relative stability in the north. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks supported the separatist forces such as Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou to fight against the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, he relied on the army to strengthen Mazhuang and constantly invaded and transferred troops south. In order to pacify the invasion of foreign enemies in the north, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan appointed Li Jing, a famous soldier at that time, as commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition (marching general) to counter the Turks and finally win.
The day of Li Jing's triumph happened to be August 15, and that night Turpan people just presented cakes to Li Yuan. At that time, Li Yuan was sharing the good news of Li Jing's victory with ministers. He was very happy to see the round cake. He smiled at the sky and blurted out, "We should invite toads to eat Hu cakes." The general meaning of this sentence is, please come down to earth and share this delicious Hu cake with everyone. Tang gaozu then distributed Hu cakes to ministers, who tasted them together and enjoyed the moon together. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 came from this and spread from the court to the people.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional folk festival of Han nationality and ethnic minorities. As early as the Three Dynasties, China had the custom of "Twilight in Autumn". The moon at night is to worship the moon god. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, activities to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon were held. In the Tang Dynasty, it was quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave mooncakes to each other as a symbol of reunion. There are activities such as enjoying the moon and visiting the lake in the evening. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival has become more popular. Many places have formed the custom of burning incense, planting Mid-Autumn trees, lighting tower lanterns, putting sky lanterns and walking on the moon. Dragon dancing and other special customs. Nowadays, the custom of playing under the moon is rare. However, feasting and enjoying the moon are still very popular. People drink alcohol in the middle of the moon to celebrate a better life, or wish their distant relatives health and happiness and spend a good time with their families.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. According to historical records, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book Zhou Li. 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". It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. Tang Taizong's book records the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and it became one of the major festivals in China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.
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Song Xin qi Ji
How lovely the moon is tonight, the long west, where is it going?
Did another person just see you rise in the East?
Or outside the vast universe, there is nothing but vastness to take this beautiful moon away?
It is like a mirror that flies to the sky, but it won't fall off. Who tied it with an invisible long rope? Chang 'e in the Moon Palace is still unmarried. Who kept her?
I heard that the moon swam across the bottom of the sea, but I can't see why. This is an unpredictable thing, but also a worrying and terrible thing.
I'm afraid that the whale in the sea will hit the Jade Palace and Qionglou in the Moon Palace.