What are the traditional activities of Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival, China has the custom of enjoying the moon since ancient times. The Book of Rites records the "autumn dusk", the god of Yue Bai. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, people held activities to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon. Set up a big incense box and put in seasonal fruits such as moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums and grapes. Mooncakes and watermelons are essential.

Step 2 eat moon cakes

Eating moon cakes is an indispensable custom in Mid-Autumn Festival. As the saying goes: August 15th is the full moon, and Mid-Autumn moon cakes are sweet and fragrant. Mooncakes originated from Wu's dream in the Southern Song Dynasty, and were originally a snack food. Later, people gradually combined moon viewing with moon cakes to symbolize family reunion and miss.

3, put lanterns

For example, in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the south, the lights will be erected high. There are sesame lamps, eggshell lamps, wood shavings lamps, straw lamps, fish scales lamps, chaff lamps, melon seeds lamps and flowers and trees lamps. There are also children carrying all kinds of lanterns to enjoy in the lower reaches of the moon.