Characteristics of the Mid-Autumn Festival

1. Eating Mooncakes

Mooncakes are one of the most famous traditional cakes in China. It is the dietary custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncakes are round and shared among families, symbolizing reunion and harmony. In ancient times, mooncakes were eaten as offerings at the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, it became popular in the court and then spread to the people. At that time, it was commonly called "small cakes" and "moon balls". In the Ming Dynasty, it became a common dietary practice for all people.

2. Moon Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the oldest and most famous festival in China. Enjoying the moon is an important custom of the festival. Many poets have moon poems in their masterpieces, and moon viewing activities were more widely practiced at the court and among the people during the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. It also refers to the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 to see the full moon. Folk Mid-Autumn Festival activities began in the Wei and Jin dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties.

3, burning lamps

Mid-Autumn Festival night, there are burning lamps to help the custom of the moon. Nowadays, there is still a custom of lighting lamps on towers stacked with tiles around Hubei and Guangdong. Modern Mid-Autumn Festival lights custom is more prosperous, Mid-Autumn Festival lights burning candles with a rope tied to bamboo poles, erected on the eaves or terraces, or made of zigzag or a variety of shapes of small lamps, hanging on the roof, commonly known as the "tree in the Mid-Autumn Festival" or "vertical Mid-Autumn Festival".

4, riddles

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival night in the public **** place hanging many lanterns, people are gathered together, guessing the riddles written on the lanterns, because most of the young men and women love the activities, but also in these activities on the love story, so Mid-Autumn Riddle Guessing was derived from a form of men and women fall in love with each other.

5. Appreciating osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine

People often eat mooncakes and appreciate osmanthus flowers during the Mid-Autumn Festival. People eat all kinds of food made from osmanthus flowers, especially cakes and candies. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the laurel in the moon, smelling the fragrance of the osmanthus flowers, drinking a cup of osmanthus wine, and celebrating the sweetness of the whole family has become a wonderful festive enjoyment.

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