What are the traditional activities of Mid-Autumn Festival?

1, Mid-Autumn Festival has had traditional activities such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, Yue Bai, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine since ancient times, which have been passed down to this day and lasted for a long time. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.

2. Mid-Autumn Festival, China has the custom of enjoying the moon since ancient times. In the Book of Rites, it is recorded that "the moon sets at sunset", that is, worshipping the moon god. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, activities to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon were held. Put a big incense table with seasonal fruits such as moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums and grapes, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable. Watermelon must be cut into lotus shapes.

People in both urban and rural areas of China have the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival. As the saying goes, "The moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival are sweet and fragrant on the 15th of August". Moon cakes were originally used to worship the moon god. The word "moon cake" first appeared in Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a cake-shaped food like Ling Hua cake. Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival with tasting moon cakes, which symbolized family reunion.

4. Play with lanterns: Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major Lantern Festival in China, so you should play with lanterns in festivals. Of course, the Mid-Autumn Festival does not have such a large lantern festival, and playing with lanterns is mainly between families and children.