Happy Mid-Autumn Festival-HIENCE

The Mid-Autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.This is the middle of the fall season, so it is called Mid-Autumn festival.In the Chinese lunar calendar, the year is divided into four seasons, each season is divided into meng, zhong, the season three parts, so the Mid-Autumn festival is also called zhong qiu.The moon on the fifteenth of August is rounder and brighter than the other full moons of several months.On this night, people look up at the sky like a jade dish of the bright moon, naturally will expect family reunion.Those who are far away from home also take this opportunity to express their feelings of missing their hometown and relatives.Therefore, the Mid-Autumn festival is also called "reunion festival".

In ancient times, Chinese people had the custom of "autumn evening moon".Yuyue, that is, worship the moon god.To the zhou dynasty, every autumn night to meet the cold and sacrifice to the moon.A large incense table is set with mooncakes, watermelon, apples, dates, plums, grapes and other offerings, among which mooncakes and watermelon are absolutely indispensable.Watermelon should be cut into lotus shape.Under the moon, will be the moon in the direction of the gods, red candle high burning, the family worship the moon in turn, and then cut up by the housewife reunion moon cakes.The cut people pre-calculated the total number of the family, home, in the field, to be together, can not cut more or less, the size of the same.

According to legend, the ugly woman of the ancient state of qi had no salt when she was a child. When she grew up, she entered the palace with superior morality, but she was not favored.One year August 15 to appreciate the moon, the son of heaven to see her in the moonlight, feel her beautiful outstanding, after her for the queen, the Mid-Autumn festival worship month from this and come.Mid-chang, known for her beauty, so young girls worship the moon, willing to "look like chang 'e, face as bright moon."

In the tang dynasty, the Mid-Autumn moon, play quite popular.In the capital of the northern song dynasty.On the fifteenth night of August, people from all over the city, rich or poor, old or young, should put on adult clothes, burn incense and worship the moon to express their wishes and pray for the protection of the moon god.In the southern song dynasty, people gave mooncakes to each other, taking the meaning of reunion.In some places, there are activities such as dancing grass dragon and laying pagoda.Since the Ming and qing dynasties, the custom of the Mid-Autumn festival has been more popular;In many places, such special customs as burning incense, tree Mid-Autumn festival, lighting tower lights, putting out sky lights, walking the moon and dancing fire dragon have been formed.

Today, the custom of playing under the moon is far from prevailing in the old days.But it is still very popular to hold a banquet to celebrate the month, people drink wine to celebrate a good life, or wish a distant family happy and healthy, and family "We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart."

There are many customs and different forms of Mid-Autumn festival, but all of them embody people's infinite love for life and yearning for a better life.

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