Mid-Autumn Festival is probably the most romantic festival in China.

Mid-Autumn Festival is probably the most romantic festival in China. No sacrifice, no celebration of harvest, no concern for immortals.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a relic of ancient celestial worship-the custom of worshipping the moon. At the autumnal equinox, it is an ancient "Moon Festival". Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. In traditional culture, the moon and the sun are the same, and these two alternate celestial bodies become the objects of ancestor worship.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient people's sacrifice to the moon, which is the legacy and derivative of China people's custom of offering sacrifices to the moon. Sacrificing to the moon is a very old custom in China. In fact, it was a sacrificial activity of ancestors in some places in ancient China.

According to research, "Mid-Autumn Festival" was originally set on the day of autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar. However, because the days of August in the summer calendar are different every year, there may not be a full moon. Later, the Mid-Autumn Festival moved from the autumnal equinox to the 15th day of August in the summer calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon and enjoying it since ancient times, and it has been passed down to this day for a long time.

The custom of Mid-Autumn festival

1, walking on the moon

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a special activity called "Walking the Moon". In the bright moonlight, people wear gorgeous clothes, travel in groups of three or five, or stroll the streets, or lack boats on the Qinhuai River, or go upstairs to watch the moonlight, talking and laughing.

2. Sacrifice the moon

Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, which is actually the worship of the "Moon God" by the ancients. In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk". The evening moon is the God of Yue Bai.

Step 3 enjoy the moon

The custom of enjoying the moon comes from offering sacrifices to the moon, and serious sacrifices have become relaxed pleasures. It is said that this night the moon is closest to the earth, and the moon is the largest, roundest and brightest, so there has been a custom of drinking and enjoying the moon since ancient times; The daughter-in-law who goes back to her parents' house will go back and forth to express her happiness and good luck.

Step 4 chase the moon

Chasing the moon is also a custom of Mid-Autumn Festival. The so-called "chasing the moon" means that after the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the excitement is not over yet. So the next night, many people invited relatives and friends to continue to enjoy the moon and named it "Chasing the Moon".