What are the customs and etiquette of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival?

The customs and etiquette of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival are:

1, offering sacrifices to the moon: offering sacrifices to the moon is the worship of the "moon god" in ancient times. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people worship the moon god, set up a big incense table, and put on moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums, grapes and other sacrifices.

Under the moon, put the "Luna God" tablet in the direction of the moon, and the red candle burns high. The whole family took turns in Yue Bai to pray. Sacrificing the moon to admire the memory of the moon expresses people's good wishes.

2. Moon viewing: It is said that the moon is closest to the earth on Mid-Autumn Festival night, and the moon is the largest, roundest and brightest, so there is a custom of moon viewing banquet from ancient times to the present.

3. Eat moon cakes: Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, symbolizing a happy reunion. Later, people gradually regarded Mid-Autumn Festival as a symbol of family reunion.

4, burning lights: Mid-Autumn Festival night, there is the custom of burning lights to help the moonlight. 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.

5. Guess: On the Mid-Autumn Festival, many lanterns will be hung in public places. People get together to guess the riddles written on lanterns. Because this is the favorite activity of most young men and women, and love stories will be heard in these activities, solve riddles on the lanterns on lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival is also a form of love between men and women.

6. The custom of watching tide in Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history. In ancient times, Zhejiang Mid-Autumn Festival was another Mid-Autumn Festival activity besides watching the moon.

7. Enjoy Osmanthus fragrans and drink Osmanthus fragrans wine: People often eat moon cakes to enjoy Osmanthus fragrans in Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat all kinds of foods made of Osmanthus fragrans, most of which are cakes and sweets. I will also drink a glass of osmanthus wine to celebrate the sweetness of the family.

8. Tree Mid-Autumn Festival: In some places in Guangdong, the Mid-Autumn Festival has the custom of "tree Mid-Autumn Festival", which means to erect the lights high, so it is also called "vertical Mid-Autumn Festival".

With the help of parents, children make rabbit lanterns, carambola lanterns or square lanterns out of bamboo paper, hang them horizontally on short poles, and then stand on high poles, shining with colorful lights, adding another scene to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Children often compete with each other to see who stands tall, much taller and has the most exquisite lighting.

9. Burning incense: Burning incense on the Mid-Autumn Festival night in Jiangsu. There are silks around the incense barrel, which depicts the scenery of the Moon Palace. There are incense sticks made of thread Kaori with paper kuixing and colorful flags on them.