What are the traditional customs and significance of Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China, which is held on 15 in August every year. There are fairy tales, legendary poems by literati and poets, and profound traditional culture in China, which have many implications. Here are some for you.

The first meaning: the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, this has developed into a festival between lovers.

Maybe everyone thinks that the festival between lovers is not Qixi? But in fact, the Mid-Autumn Festival also has a romantic couple atmosphere. In fairy tales, Hou Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West for the elixir of life, and Hou Yi could not bear to love Chang 'e, so he did not want to eat it. But Chang 'e was curious and wanted to see the sky, so she took the elixir of life and flew to the moon. So they split up. Because the moon on August 15 is big and round, Hou Yi thinks that August 15 is his closest time in the moon, that is, when Chang 'e is closest to him, so every August 15, he will sit on the roof and enjoy the moon, just like enjoying his lover Chang 'e.

The second meaning: it symbolizes the yearning for relatives and hometown.

The last sentence of Su Shi's "Water Tune Song Tou" reads: "I hope people will live for a long time and have a beautiful scenery thousands of miles away." This profoundly expresses Su Shi's yearning for his distant relatives, and hopes that they can enjoy the moon safely with themselves. There are also the last two sentences in the famous poet's Thoughts on a Quiet Night: "Looking up, I found it was moonlight, and then sinking, and I suddenly remembered home." All these have far-reaching significance, indicating that August 15 should be a day for family reunion. Because the full moon on August 15 symbolizes the perfection of the family.

With the continuous development of history, the Mid-Autumn Festival has acquired a variety of multiple meanings and is deeply engraved in our national culture. Now every Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family will sit together to enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes and talk about some things happening at home. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the atmosphere at home will be very harmonious.