Where does the moon rise in the Mid-Autumn Festival?

On the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, the sun sets in the west and the moon rises in the east.

At this time, the sun, the earth and the moon are in a straight line, and the earth is in the middle, which is why the solar eclipse will only occur on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar; On the other hand, on the first day of the lunar calendar, the sun and the moon rise and set simultaneously. The moon is in the middle at this time, so we can't see the moon. Because of this, the solar eclipse can only occur on the first day of the lunar calendar.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. At first, the festival of "Sacrificing the Moon" was held on the "autumnal equinox" of the 24 solar terms in the Ganzhi calendar, and later it was moved to August 15 in the summer calendar (lunar calendar). In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is set on August 16 in the summer calendar.

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Sacrifice to the Moon (Yue Bai)

Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk".

Since ancient times, in some places in Guangdong, people have the custom of worshipping the moon god (mother moon and moonlight) on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival. In Yue Bai, a big incense table was set up, and the sacrifices included moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums and grapes.

Under the moon, put the "Luna God" tablet in the direction of the moon, and the red candle burns high. The whole family took turns in Yue Bai to pray. Sacrificing the moon to admire the memory of the moon expresses people's good wishes.