Why do you eat duck on Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as Ghost Festival, also called July 30th. According to legend, all ghosts will be released to the underworld on this day, so it is called Ghost Festival. Some areas in China still have the habit of eating ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Then why do you eat ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival?

1. Ancestors visiting relatives: There is a saying why they eat ducks in Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the deceased ancestors will go home to visit relatives and cross the Naihe Bridge in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they can't cross without a boat. So the living will send some ducks down so that they can swim and bring them back. Over time, eating ducks on Halloween has become a tradition. Later, people from all over the world gave them all kinds of legends, which generally mean exorcism.

2. ancestor worship: according to the old man, when worshipping ancestors, the paper money and clothes used were crossed by ducks. Therefore, you must eat ducks on Halloween. For a long time, eating ducks has become an indispensable program of "Ghost Festival", just like eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve.

3. Reward farmers: There is another reliable saying about why we eat ducks in Mid-Autumn Festival. Before planting rice in rural areas of Guangxi, every household bought 10 ducks to raise. After cutting rice, ducks can eat millet and small animals left in the field, thus reducing the cost. When planting rice in the second season, farmers began to kill ducks for the festival in order to reward themselves. As time goes on, people are used to eating ducks on this day.

4, exorcism: According to legend, ancient northerners traveled south and met the river, and they could not cross the river for a long time. Until the middle of July, they didn't attack. Northerners wanted to kill ducks and pray for adaptation to the water, which also meant to celebrate the New Year in advance. Over time, people have formed a tradition of eating ducks as soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the "Ghost Festival". Later, people from all over the world gave them all kinds of legends, which generally mean exorcism. "Duck" means "pressure", which is homophonic. Eating ducks is to crush ghosts. People in Dongguan usually eat duck stewed with lotus root.

Now do you know why you want to eat ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival?