What are the Mid-Autumn Festival customs in Hunan?

1, stealing moon dishes. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival in Dong nationality township of Hunan province, an interesting custom "stealing moon dishes" is popular. According to legend, in ancient times, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, fairies in the Moon Palace came to the underworld, and they spilled nectar all over the world. Fairy nectar is selfless, so people can enjoy fruits and vegetables sprinkled with nectar on this night. Dong Jia named this custom "stealing moon dishes".

2. Jump on the moon. Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, the bright moonlight fills Miao's hut. After the Miao men and women get together, they all want to sing and dance in the open space of the forest and hold a "jumping on the moon" activity. According to an ancient Miao legend, Moon is a loyal, honest, hardworking and brave young man. There is a beautiful young girl named Shuiqing. She turned down 99 young men who proposed to her in Jiujiuzhou and fell in love with the moon. Finally, she also experienced all kinds of hardships made by the sun, and finally happily combined with the moon.

3, peeling ghost skin. In addition to moon cakes, there are also beef fried gourds, taro stewed beef, ducks, water chestnuts and so on. People who eat taro in rural areas call peeling taro a ghost skin, which means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. This custom is very popular in southern China. Moon cakes are the main holiday food of Mid-Autumn Festival, and some areas in Hunan also have the habit of wrapping jiaozi in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August instead of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival.

4. Enjoy tea and enjoy the moon. The strongest flavor of Mid-Autumn Festival is love, the strongest fragrance is taste, leaving you with fresh feelings and unforgettable taste. On Mid-Autumn Festival, ancient literati like to enjoy tea and the moon, and moon cakes symbolize auspiciousness and reunion. Chaze brings people a warm feeling. Mooncakes are high in sugar and should not be eaten by the elderly. Tea, especially Anhua black tea, can help digestion and relieve boredom.

5, steal pumpkins to send children. Mid-autumn night is also popular in Changsha, my hometown. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, while the host was not at home to enjoy the moon, a good neighbor secretly put the stolen pumpkin on the bed of a long-married infertile couple. However, there are many children in the pumpkin, which is considered to make children. Some people even say that eating stolen pumpkins "can cure low back pain". Some people deliberately take out pumpkins for children to steal, and light oil lamps under the melon shed and bean rack to decorate the festive atmosphere.