Traditional Folk Games for Mid-Autumn Festival

The traditional games or activities played on the Mid-Autumn Festival are as follows:

1. Appreciation of the moon comes from the moon festival, and the serious festival became a light-hearted entertainment. Folk moon festival activities about the beginning of the Wei and Jin dynasties, but did not become a habit. To the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, play the moon is quite popular, many poets in the famous poem there are moon poems. By the time of Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Folk Festival centered on moon viewing activities was formed and officially designated as Mid-Autumn Festival. Unlike the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty people were more sentimental about the moon, and often used the moon as a metaphor for the state of human affairs. Even on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the clear light of the moon could not hide the sadness of the Song Dynasty people.

2, walking moon. Mid-Autumn Festival night there is a big feature of the moon activities called "walk the moon". Under the bright moonlight, people dressed in beautiful, three or five companions, or touring the market, or spent boat Qinhuai River, or climbed to watch the moonlight, talk and laugh.

3, moon festival. Moon festival, in China is a very ancient custom. According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the ancient emperors had the custom of sacrificing the sun at the spring equinox, the earth at the summer solstice, the moon at the autumn equinox, and the sky at the winter solstice. The places of worship were called the Altar of the Sun, the Altar of the Earth, the Altar of the Moon and the Altar of Heaven. Set up in the southeast, northwest and north direction. Beijing's Altar of the Moon is the place where the Ming and Qing emperors sacrificed the moon.

4, play lanterns. Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many game activities, the first is to play lanterns. Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major lantern festivals in China, and you have to play with lanterns for the festival. Of course, the Mid-Autumn Festival does not have a large lantern festival like the Lantern Festival, playing with lanterns is mainly just among families and children.

5, worship the moon god. In ancient times, there is the custom of "autumn sunset". The moon, that is, worship the moon god. Set up a large incense, moon cakes, watermelon, apples, jujubes, plums, grapes and other offerings, of which the moon cakes and watermelon is absolutely no less, watermelon should also be cut into a lotus shape. Under the moon, the statue of the moon god is placed in that direction of the moon, red candles are lit high, and the whole family pays homage to the moon in turn, and then the housewife of the house cuts the mooncake of reunion.