The origin of lantern riddles in Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreci

The origin of lantern riddles in Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciation Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in China and East Asian countries. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. There are many legends and activities about Mid-Autumn Festival. How much do you know about the origin of riddles?

Lantern riddle is an art form of Chinese folk literature. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the people in long-term labor practice, which comes from life and is used in life; It is also an intellectual activity game that people love to see and hear. It attracts fans from all walks of life all over the world, and makes people gain knowledge, enlighten wisdom and enjoy wonderfully.

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival solve riddles on the lanterns has a long history in China, with a history of more than 3,000 years. "argot" appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was the embryonic form of lantern riddles. In the Han Dynasty, "argot" began to divide into two directions. A mystery of things characterized by descriptive characteristics; Another literary mystery mainly focuses on the form and meaning of words. In Wei Dynasty, it was called a riddle. With the prosperity of poetry in Sui and Tang Dynasties, poetry puzzles appeared in large numbers and became the mainstream. Since the Song Dynasty, some literati have often posted riddles on various lanterns on the night of the Lantern Festival to attract pedestrians to guess and shoot. This is the origin of "lantern riddle". After the middle of Qing dynasty, enigma prevailed and many enigmas appeared. After the Revolution of 1911, lantern riddles formed two styles: "Southern School" and "Northern School". In the old society, because riddlers were mostly literati, some of them were conceited, emphasizing elegance unilaterally and rejecting folk lantern riddles. After liberation, under the guidance of the party's literary policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom", riddles have developed more vigorously, and they have become more and more perfect and rich, making great contributions to building socialist spiritual civilization and invigorating the cultural life of the masses. At present, Chinese and overseas Chinese all over the world have lantern riddle activities and lantern riddle academic exchanges.

Expand the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival

Moon viewing: Moon viewing is one of the traditional activities of Mid-Autumn Festival. "The Book of Rites" has long recorded that "the moon sets at dusk", which means to worship the moon god. At this time, a cold reception and the Moon Festival will be held, and incense tables will be put on. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the wind of enjoying the moon became more popular, and poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival emerged in an endless stream, such as Xin Qiji's "Magnolia Slow Mid-Autumn Festival" and Su Shi's "Shuidiao Song Tou". "Dream of Tokyo" even records: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, your home decorates the terrace, and people compete for food and play with the moon."

Eating moon cakes: Watching the moon and eating moon cakes has become an indispensable custom in Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "Moon cakes are sweet and fragrant when they are full on August 15th". The word moon cake originated from Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was just a telecom food. Later, people gradually associated moon viewing with moon cakes, symbolizing family reunion and bearing their thoughts. At the same time, moon cakes are also an important gift for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Offering incense: Mid-Autumn Festival is also a festival in Yue Bai. People will set up incense tables, light incense, put fruits, moon cakes and so on. The incense table is placed in the courtyard to express the worship of the moon and people's worship of God.

Osmanthus fragrans: In Mid-Autumn Festival, people often eat moon cakes and enjoy osmanthus fragrans, and eat all kinds of foods made of osmanthus fragrans, among which cakes and sweets are the most common.

Burning Tower: Burning Tower on Mid-Autumn Festival night is very popular in rural areas of Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south of China. This tower is made of broken bricks and tiles, branches and hay. Round kiln-shaped, wide at the bottom and pointed at the top, with a hollow inside. Lights are lit at night on Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are often tower burning competitions. The redder the tower, the better, and the richer the color.

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Legend of Mid-Autumn Festival: the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

According to legend, in ancient times, there were ten days in the sky at the same time, and all the crops died in the sun. * * *, a hero named Hou Yi, has infinite power. He sympathized with the suffering people, climbed the top of Kunlun Mountain, made full use of his divine power, drew his bow, shot down more than nine suns in one breath, and ordered the last one to rise and fall on time for the benefit of the people.

Hou Yi was respected and loved by the people. He married a beautiful and kind wife named Chang 'e. Besides hunting, Hou Yi spends all his time with his wife, and people envy this beautiful and loving couple.

Many people with lofty ideals came here to study as teachers, and Meng Peng with ulterior motives joined in.

One day, Hou Yi went to Kunlun Mountain to visit friends and seek truth. He happened to meet the Queen Mother passing by and asked her for a bag of elixir. It is said that taking this medicine can instantly ascend to heaven and become immortal. However, Hou Yi was reluctant to leave his wife, so he had to temporarily give the elixir to Chang 'e. Chang 'e hid the medicine in the dresser's treasure chest, but the villain Meng Peng saw it. He wants to steal the elixir to make himself immortal.

Three days later, Hou Yi led his entourage out hunting, while Meng Peng with ulterior motives pretended to be ill. Shortly after Hou Yi led the crowd to leave, Meng Peng broke into the backyard of the back room with a sword in his hand, threatening Chang 'e to hand over the elixir. Chang 'e knew that she was no match for Meng Peng. In times of crisis, she made a decisive decision, turned around and opened the treasure chest, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp. Chang 'e swallowed the medicine and immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window and flew into the sky. Because Chang 'e was worried about her husband, she flew to the nearest moon and became a fairy.

In the evening, when Hou Yi came home, the maids cried and told what happened during the day. Hou Yi was surprised and angry, and drew his sword to kill the villain. Meng Peng escaped early. Angry and heartbroken, Hou Yi looked up at the night sky and shouted the name of his beloved wife. At this time, he was surprised to find that today's moon is exceptionally bright and bright. There is a swaying figure resembling Chang 'e. He chased the moon desperately, but he chased it three times, the moon retreated three times, he retreated three times, and the moon advanced three times. He couldn't catch up anyway.

Hou Yi had no choice but to miss his wife, so he had to send someone to Chang 'e's favorite back garden, put on a table sweetmeats, put on her favorite honey and fresh fruit, and offer a sacrifice to Chang 'e who was attached to him at the Moon Palace. After hearing the news that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon lived forever, people began to fall in the moonlight? Set up the incense table and pray for good luck and peace to the kind Chang 'e.

Since then, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai has spread among the people. ?