Hometown Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival

1, moon festival, moon worship, moon viewing

Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient festival, moon worship and moon viewing is an important custom of the festival.

Ancient emperors had the social system of sacrificing the sun in the spring and the moon in the fall, and there was also the wind of sacrificing the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the people's homes.

2, eat moon cakes

As the saying goes, "the moon is full on the 15th day of the 8th month, and the moon cakes are fragrant and sweet during the Mid-Autumn Festival". People combine moonlight viewing with mooncakes to symbolize family reunion and send thoughts.

3, osmanthus flowers, drink osmanthus wine

People often eat mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival to enjoy osmanthus flowers, eat osmanthus flowers made of a variety of foods, to cakes, candies, the most common.

4, play lanterns

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major festivals in China, the festival to play lights. Mid-Autumn Festival to play lanterns, mostly concentrated in the south, the Guangdong region will be hanging lanterns in the high places, called "tree Mid-Autumn" or "vertical Mid-Autumn".

5, the tide

In ancient times, in addition to the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival in Zhejiang, the tide can be said to be another Mid-Autumn event.

6, play rabbit

Qing Dynasty court, the legendary moon rabbit is called "Taiyinjun", folk called "jade rabbit master". Originally, the rabbit was the object of the moon worship, molded from clay, such as the appearance of people sitting in general. From the Qing Dynasty onwards, the rabbit was gradually transformed into a mid-autumn toy for children.

Source:Baidu Encyclopedia - Mid-Autumn Festival Folklore