The Origin and Teaching Objectives of Mid-Autumn Festival

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival The teaching objectives are as follows:

1. Let students know that August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the origin and folklore of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Let the students know that Mid-Autumn Festival is a folk festival to celebrate harvest and reunion in China.

3. Stimulate students' feelings of loving the traditional culture and nature of the motherland.

4. Let the students know the names of various shapes of the moon. Cultivate students' scientific attitude of unity and cooperation and respect for facts.

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival:

Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the worship of the ancient moon. In the ancient calendar, it was divided into three months according to seasons: Meng Yue, Zhongyue and Yue Ji. August of the lunar calendar happens to be the second month of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", while August 15th of the lunar calendar happens to be half of autumn, so it is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival". At first, it was regarded as a festival to worship the ancient emperors, but it gradually became the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. Hou Yi shot down nine extra suns and gave him the elixir of life, but he was reluctant to leave his wife Chang 'e and give it to Chang 'e for safekeeping. /kloc-in August of 0/5, Chang 'e ate the fairy medicine and flew to the moon. Because Hou Yi misses Chang 'e very much, on this day every year, Chang 'e's favorite food will be placed in the yard, expecting her to come back for reunion.

It has been like this every year since then, and it has evolved into a festival for generations. Because this day coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from offering sacrifices to the land gods. In farming society, crops are extremely important to farmers, so people often make sacrifices to the land. During the autumn harvest, farmers will worship the land god, and 15 in August of the old calendar is the harvest period of crops, so it gradually evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival custom:

In ancient times, moon cakes were used as offerings for the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes originated in the Tang Dynasty and was introduced to the people in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was not called "moon cake", but commonly known as "cake" and "moon group"

In the Ming Dynasty, moon cakes became the food of Mid-Autumn Festival, and were thoroughly popularized among the people. At that time, a clever baker painted the fairy tale of Chang 'e on the moon and printed it on moon cakes, which was more popular.