Music of mourning for Mid-Autumn Festival

Mourning for Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient song. The following are the notation and lyrics.

Lyrics:

Recalling the Mid-Autumn Festival night, all souls descend to earth.

Ghosts return to music, and immortals return to earth.

Tonight, the lights are bright and there are thousands of candles.

Incense dies, smoke goes around the clearing.

Music notation:

High note 1? 、 1232 12345565432 1

Alto 1? 、 1232 12345565432 1

Bass 1,1232123455654321

Bass 2,1232123455654321

Sacrifice ancestors, light lamps, pray for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and mourn the sages.

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Orchid Festival, is one of the important traditional festivals in China. In the Han Dynasty, people thought that the seventh month of the lunar calendar was the most prosperous period of yin qi, and ghosts would wander from the underworld and endanger mankind. In order to avoid this situation, people began to hold sacrificial activities this month, praying for ancestors and gods to protect family safety.

Today, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a festival that combines folk beliefs and Buddhist culture. On this day, people will hold sacrificial ceremonies to burn incense, paper and food for ancestors and the dead. At the same time, various activities will be held to celebrate this traditional festival, such as lion dance, fireworks display and lantern viewing.

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival mourning

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival mourning can be traced back to the Taoist belief in ancient China. Taoism believes that the soul will enter the nether world after death, but the soul needs to be sacrificed and supported by future generations in order to get peace and well-being. Therefore, in order to commemorate and sacrifice ancestors and deceased relatives, people hold sacrificial ceremonies on specific days to express their memory and respect.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, when people set up a festival called "Bonsai" to appease ghosts. This festival developed into the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Tang Dynasty and became a fixed lunar festival. On this day, people will light lamps, burn incense, burn paper money and other sacrifices, pray for the deceased relatives and ancestors, and provide offerings to express their memory and gratitude.