Xiamen mid-autumn custom is how?

Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiamen people in addition to the traditional moon, eat moon cakes, there is a "play will cake Bo Scholar" unique folk activities, quite interesting.

Mid-Autumn Festival will be 63 pieces of cake per meeting, different sizes, **** divided into 6 kinds, respectively, on behalf of the ancient imperial examinations, the top, the top eye, the flower, the scholar, the lifer, the showman. Participants take turns to throw 6 dice into the bowl, according to the number of dice points into the bowl to get the cake, and ultimately won the "first prize" who is the most fortunate.

The formation of this custom is related to the national hero Zheng Chenggong. It is rumored that more than 300 years ago, Zheng Chenggong troops in Xiamen, every August 15 when the moon is full, the soldiers inevitably have homesickness and homesickness. In order to relieve and comfort the soldiers' pain of missing their relatives at home during the festive season, Zheng Chenggong's subordinate, Hong Xu, invented a game of bakery for the soldiers to enjoy the moon and bakery. This unique game, gradually spread and improved in the folklore, became an interesting folkloric activities.