Mid-Autumn Festival custom in my hometown.

Traditional customs of Mid-Autumn Festival

1, drink osmanthus wine. People often eat moon cakes, enjoy osmanthus flowers and eat all kinds of foods made of osmanthus flowers, among which cakes and sweets are the most common. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at osmanthus, smelling osmanthus fragrance and drinking a glass of osmanthus wine in the middle of the month to celebrate the sweetness of the family has become a wonderful enjoyment of the festival.

2. Flower viewing lamp. Lantern is a folk handicraft, mainly used for lighting. Lantern is an artistic product of Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, no matter the dignitaries or ordinary people, people were invited to enjoy the lanterns.

3. Sacrifice to the Moon (Yue Bai). Sacrificing the moon is the worship of "Moon God" in ancient times. In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk". In ancient times, people in some areas of Guangdong had the custom of worshipping the moon god on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival. Sacrificing the moon to admire the memory of the moon expresses people's good wishes. As one of the most important ceremonies in the Mid-Autumn Festival, offering sacrifices to the moon has gradually evolved into a folk activity of appreciating and praising the moon, and at the same time, it has become the main form for modern people to yearn for reunion and place their hopes for a better life.

4. guess riddles. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many lanterns hanging in public places. People get together to guess riddles written on lanterns, because this is the favorite activity of most young men and women, and love stories are also heard at these activities.

5. Eat moon cakes. Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes were originally used to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded Mid-Autumn Festival as a symbol of family reunion.