What is the educational significance embedded in the Mid-Autumn Festival?

The origin of festivals is closely related to the calendar, and the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is no exception. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Mid-Autumn Festival" because August 15 is the second of the three months of autumn. Autumn is the season of ripening crops, and in ancient times, there were "autumn festivals" all over the world, which were rituals to thank the gods of the land and other deities, and were also known as "autumn reports". In the ancient and medieval times, the "Autumn Festival" did not have to be held on August 15th. Mid-Autumn Festival festival period should also be determined with the people sacrificing the moon, the custom of enjoying the moon, the pre-Qin era, there is a "moon", is the royal ceremony of the moon sacrifice at the time of the autumnal equinox. The moon in the mid-autumn festival is the fullest and brightest, the most appreciated. Later generations of people on this day, the "Autumn Society" and the moon festival, moon worship, moon watching, tide, osmanthus, feeding moon cakes and other festive activities, and gradually give the festival to the reunion of the new meaning, from then on, a very rich in the meaning of the festival has been formed.

From the purely agricultural rituals of the "Autumn Festival" to the "Festival of Reunion", which symbolizes the happiness of the family and family reunion, is intriguing. "Autumn Society" and "reunion", from the psychological level, naturally, there is some *** with the pursuit. Pray for agricultural abundance or held to the gods of heaven and earth to thank the harvest of the ritual, which undoubtedly implies the material and rich and happy life of the wish; and look forward to the reunion, is not also on the beauty of the happy life of the prayer? But the difference between the two is not difficult to analyze, the former seems to be more concerned about the material abundance, the latter seems to be particularly focused on the pursuit of harmonious family, human relations, and therefore more spiritual. However, the formation of the Mid-Autumn Festival "reunion" character explains what? It shows that the Chinese people's pursuit of kinship, harmonious family and human relationships is more than the pursuit of material things. In turn, the existence of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also the Chinese people's emphasis on family, family and human relations of the spirit of harmony of the temperament of the silent melting effect.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is rooted in the deep soil of traditional ethical culture.

Mid-Autumn Festival is rooted in the soil of very deep traditional ethical culture.