Primary School Mid-Autumn Festival Painting

Drawing: moon, mooncake, pomelo.

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1, Introduction:

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Chasing the Moon Festival, Playing with the Moon Festival, Worshiping the Moon Festival, Daughter's Festival, or the Festival of Reunion, is popular in many Chinese ethnic groups and the Chinese character cultural circle of the countries of the traditional cultural festivals, the time in the 15th of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar; because of its value in the three half of the Autumn Festival, so the name, and also in some places will be the mid-Autumn Festival set In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the sixteenth day of the eighth month. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major Chinese festivals on a par with the Spring Festival. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some East and Southeast Asian countries, especially for local Chinese. The Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national holiday since 2008, and on May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has been practiced since ancient times, with customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, worshipping the moon, eating mooncakes, enjoying osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to the present day and continue to be practiced to this day. The Mid-Autumn Festival has become a colorful and precious cultural heritage, with the fullness of the moon signifying the reunion of people, in order to express the feelings of nostalgia for the hometown and relatives, and to pray for a good harvest and happiness. The Mid-Autumn Festival, together with the Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Ching Ming Festival, are known as the four major traditional festivals in China.

The prevalence of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China, on a par with New Year's Day. Regarding the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are roughly three kinds of origins: the origin of the ancient worship of the moon, the custom of singing and dancing under the moon to look for puppets, and the ancient custom of worshipping the God of the Land in the autumn report.

The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar every year. It is called the Mid-Autumn Festival because it falls in the middle of the fall season of the year. In the Chinese lunar calendar, the year is divided into four seasons, each of which is subdivided into three parts: the Meng, the Midsummer, and the Quarter, hence the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon on the 15th day of the 8th month is fuller and brighter than the full moons of other months, which is why it is also called "Moon Festival" and "August Festival". On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky like a jade disk and naturally look forward to family reunions. People who are far away from their hometowns also take this opportunity to express their nostalgia for their hometowns and loved ones. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "reunion festival".

China's people in ancient times, there is "autumn sunset" custom. The moon, that is, to worship the moon god. To the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Night will be held to welcome the cold and moon festival. A large incense burner was set up, and mooncakes, watermelons, apples, jujubes, plums, grapes and other offerings were placed on the table, among which mooncakes and watermelons were absolutely indispensable. The watermelon should also be cut in the shape of a lotus flower. Under the moon, the statue of the moon god is placed in that direction of the moon, red candles are lit high, the whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife in charge cuts the mooncakes for reunion. Cutting people counted in advance how many people in the family ***, at home, in the field, should be counted together, can not cut more or less, the size should be the same.

According to legend, the ancient Qi ugly girl without salt, young, had devoutly worship the moon, grew up, to the superb character into the palace, but was not favored. One year, on the 15th day of the 8th month to enjoy the moon, the son of heaven saw her under the moonlight, thought she was beautiful and outstanding, and later set her up as the queen, the mid-autumn festival to worship the moon thus came to be. Chang'e in the moon, known for her beauty, so young girls worship the moon, wishing "look like Chang'e, face like the moon".

In the Tang Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, playing with the moon is quite popular. In the Northern Song Dynasty. On the night of August 15, people all over the city, rich or poor, old or young, should put on adult clothes, burn incense and worship the moon to say their wishes, praying for the blessing of the moon god. In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave moon cakes to each other, taking the meaning of reunion. In some places, there are also dancing grass dragon, building pagodas and other activities. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival has become more prevalent; many places have formed special customs such as burning douxiang, tree mid-autumn, pointing pagoda lamps, releasing sky lanterns, walking on the moon, and dancing with fire dragons.

Today, the custom of playing under the moon is far less popular than in the old days. But the feast is still very popular, people drink to the moon, to celebrate a better life, "raise a glass to invite the moon", or to wish distant relatives healthy and happy, and family members, "thousands of miles *** Canyuanjuan".

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the customs of each place are different, but each one of them is a symbol of people's infinite love of life and yearning for a better life.