The Origin and Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival

The origin and customs of Mid-Autumn Festival are introduced in English as follows:

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival is related to agricultural production.

Autumn is the harvest season, and crops and fruits mature one after another. In order to celebrate the harvest and express their joy, farmers regard the Mid-Autumn Festival as a festival.

The "round" shape of the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes family reunion to express the feelings of missing hometown and relatives.

The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival is that the whole family get together to worship the moon god, so as to pray for family peace and good luck.

Everyone will get together, enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes, play with lanterns, enjoy osmanthus and drink osmanthus wine.

Together with Mid-Autumn Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival, they are called the four traditional festivals in China.

Translation:

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival is related to agricultural production.

Autumn is the harvest season, and crops and fruits mature one after another. In order to celebrate the harvest and express their joy, farmers regard the Mid-Autumn Festival as a festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival uses the shape of the moon "round" to symbolize family reunion, to express the feelings of missing hometown and relatives.

The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival is that the whole family get together to worship the moon god, with the purpose of praying for family peace and good luck.

Everyone will get together, enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes, play with lanterns, enjoy osmanthus and drink osmanthus wine.

Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China.

Food introduction in Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival food: jiaozi, sugar lotus root, sesame seed cake, salted duck, hairy crab, duck meat, glutinous rice balls, duck meat, fried snail, lotus root, Ciba, Osmanthus Jelly, grapefruit, persimmon, chestnut, pumpkin, moon cake, etc. It can be described as a unique food of Mid-Autumn Festival. Every household should buy moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes are not only an important food to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also an important food to use in Yue Bai.

Mid-Autumn Festival is usually in the middle and late September of Gregorian calendar. At this time, crabs, snails and lotus roots came on the market. At this time, snails have a lot of meat, but they will be pregnant with small snails. So it will be better to keep them for a while before eating, so that they can spit out the snails before eating. On Mid-Autumn Festival, grapefruit is full of fruit and juice, and apples are crisp and refreshing, sweet and sour.