The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival is 20 words.

Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. It has been circulating for a long time.

1, enjoy the moon

Appreciating the moon is an important custom of Mid-Autumn Festival. It also refers to watching the full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. According to the existing written records, the folk Mid-Autumn Festival began in Wei and Jin Dynasties and flourished in Tang Dynasty. Many poets have poems about the moon in their famous works, and the court and folk activities to enjoy the moon in the Song and Ming Dynasties were even larger. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is usually round.

Step 2 light the lamp

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is the custom of burning lanterns to help the moon. Nowadays, there is still the custom of piling tiles and burning lamps on towers in Huguang area. Jiangnan has the custom of making lantern boats. The custom of burning lanterns in modern Mid-Autumn Festival is more prosperous.

3. Sacrifice the moon

Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk". The evening moon is the God of Yue Bai. Since ancient times, in some places in Guangdong, people have the custom of worshipping the moon god (mother moon and moonlight) on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival.