Folk customs about the moon

Appreciate the moon, Yue Bai, worship the moon, worship the mother of the moon and eat moon cakes.

1, enjoy the moon

Mid-Autumn Festival is the oldest and most famous festival in China. Appreciating the moon is an important custom of Mid-Autumn Festival. Many poets have poems about the moon in their representative works. During the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the court and the people enjoyed the moon more extensively. Also refers to watching the full moon in August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival. Folk Mid-Autumn Festival activities began in Wei and Jin Dynasties and flourished in Tang Dynasty.

2. Yue Bai

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of Yue Bai is popular among Dai people in Yunnan. According to Dai's legend, the moon is the third son of the emperor. Jane is a brave and strong young man who led the Dai people to defeat the enemy and won the love of the Dai people. Later, after the unfortunate death of the rock tip, it turned into the moon, rose to the sky, and continued to emit soft moonlight, bringing light to the Dai people in the dark.

3. Sacrifice the moon

Sacrifice to the moon god in ancient times. There was an activity of offering sacrifices to this god in the pre-Qin period, which was called "night light" or "evening moon". For the Chinese people in China, this is an important reunion festival.

4. Yue Bai's mother

Worship of the Moon Mother is out of primitive worship of nature, and the custom of Yue Bai has been popular in some places in southern China for a long time. The autumnal equinox used to be the traditional "Festival of Sacrificing the Moon". For example, in ancient times, there was a saying that "the sun is sacrificed in spring and the moon is sacrificed in autumn". Now Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

Step 5 eat moon cakes

Moon cakes were originally used to worship the moon god. Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in our country. In fact, it is the worship of "Moon God" in ancient times. Up to now, Mid-Autumn Festival, eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon are necessary customs in all parts of China. Mooncakes symbolize reunion. People use them as food for festivals to worship the moon and give gifts to relatives and friends.

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