The origin of 30 words in Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and then 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. Influenced by this China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival has become a traditional festival for local Chinese and overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia.

Holiday nickname

According to China's calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, and the second month of autumn is called Mid-Autumn Festival. However, August 15th is also the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In addition, there are many nicknames for Mid-Autumn Festival: it is called "August Festival" because it falls on August 15; Because the activities of Mid-Autumn Festival are all around the "moon", it is also called "Moon Festival". There is also the full moon in Mid-Autumn Festival, which symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival".

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The origin of moon cakes:

It is said that eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the broad masses of the people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class in the Yuan Dynasty and rose up against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang joined forces with various resistance forces to prepare for the uprising. However, the officers and men of the imperial court searched very closely and it was very difficult to pass on the news.

Liu Bowen, a military strategist, came up with a plan and ordered his men to hide a note with the words "Uprising on the 15th of August" in the cake, and then sent people to the uprising troops in different places to inform them to respond to the uprising on the 15th of August. On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded together.

Soon, Xu Da captured the Yuan Dynasty and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he quickly sent a message saying that all the soldiers should have fun with the people in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and give the "moon cakes" secretly sent at the time of the war as seasonal cakes to the ministers. Since then, the making of "moon cakes" has become more complicated and varied. Since then, the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival