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What are the paintings for Mid-Autumn Festival?

The pictures about Mid-Autumn Festival are as follows:

1, Moon: Mid-Autumn Festival paintings often take the round and bright moon as the core element. The moon is usually depicted as silvery white or golden yellow, emitting mysterious light. Sometimes, artists will add some patterns or patterns to the moon to increase its visual appeal.

2. Family reunion: Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival that emphasizes family reunion, so there are often scenes of family reunion in paintings. These paintings can show a family enjoying delicious moon cakes, enjoying the moon, singing and chatting together. Family members usually wear traditional Mid-Autumn Festival costumes, such as Hanfu or Qipao, which adds to the festive atmosphere.

3. Moon cakes: All kinds of delicious moon cakes often appear in paintings of Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cake is a traditional food of Mid-Autumn Festival, which has rich cultural symbols. The moon cakes in the picture can have different shapes and tastes, such as lotus seed paste, bean paste and five kernels. Sometimes, artists will vividly describe people's expressions and actions when they taste moon cakes, so that the audience can feel the temptation of food.

4. Traditional cultural elements: Mid-Autumn Festival paintings usually incorporate some traditional cultural elements. Rabbit is a legend in Mid-Autumn Festival, and sometimes it is depicted as a lovely image. Osmanthus fragrans symbolizes the fragrance of Mid-Autumn Festival, and can appear in paintings in the form of flowers or garlands. Chang 'e is the legendary fairy of Mid-Autumn Festival, sometimes appearing in paintings, accompanied by the moon.

5. Natural scenery: Mid-Autumn Festival paintings are often based on natural beauty, such as lakes, mountains and bamboo forests. These natural elements add a sense of tranquility and peace to the painting, which is in line with the thinking and gratitude spirit of the Mid-Autumn Festival. At the same time, these scenery also provide a beautiful background for people to enjoy the moon.

6, lanterns and fireworks: Mid-Autumn Festival evening is often decorated with lanterns and fireworks, these elements can increase the visual effect of painting and festive atmosphere. Artists can draw colorful lanterns dancing in the night sky, or fireworks blooming in the night sky, bringing mysterious and cheerful atmosphere to the paintings.

7. Family inheritance: Some paintings emphasize the importance of Mid-Autumn Festival as the inheritance of traditional culture and family values. These works may depict different generations of family members celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival together, conveying the continuation of family values and cultural traditions.

The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival

1, Mid-Autumn Festival is Mid-Autumn Festival. In the second month of autumn, its symbol is the full moon in May, which is in the middle of Sanqiu, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. This night, the moonlight is brighter than usual, also called "moonlight". Because Mid-Autumn Festival is in autumn and August, it is also called "Autumn Festival" and "August Festival". It is also called "Moon Festival" and "Moon Festival" because the moon and Yue Bai are sacrifices.

2, Mid-Autumn Festival family reunion, married daughter family reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Day"; During the Mid-Autumn Festival, all kinds of melons and fruits are mature and listed, which is called the "Fruit Festival". Dong people call it "Pumpkin Festival" and Mulao people call it "Afterlife Festival". On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people get together to enjoy the moon, offer sacrifices and celebrate the harvest.

Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "correcting the moon". The record of "Reunion Festival" was first seen in the literary works of the Ming Dynasty. Travel Notes on the West Lake says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send moon cakes to show their reunion." "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also said: "On August 15th, the moon is sacrificed, and its cakes are round, melons are deformed, and petals are carved like lotus flowers."

At first, the festival of "Moon Festival" was held on the day of "Autumn Equinox" of the twenty-four solar terms in the Ganzhi calendar, and later it was moved to August 15th in the summer calendar (lunar calendar). According to China's calendar, August in the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, that is, the second month of autumn, which is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", and August 15th is among them, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".