The Ideological Connotation of Mid-Autumn Festival as a Traditional Festival

The cultural connotation of Mid-Autumn Festival mainly includes reunion, harmony, respect for the elderly and gratitude.

The customs of Yue Bai, Moon Appreciation, Moon Sacrifice and Moon Appreciation in Mid-Autumn Festival emphasize the harmony between man and nature. Later, in the long process of development, it also emphasized the harmony between people, and the wine to drink was called reunion wine.

Eating cakes is called reunion cakes and sending moon cakes to each other, which has achieved interpersonal harmony. Reunion is the beautiful expectation of China people in past dynasties, and the harmony emphasized today is actually the expression of reunion in the new historical period.

The essence of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion is family affection. Now because the family structure is mostly a family of three, the family affection should extend from the family to the community, and people in the community can have fun through emotional communication.

In short, the cultural connotation of the Mid-Autumn Festival has now developed into a beautiful wish to express happiness, harmony, abundance and well-being, and a symbol of unity, harmony and celebration of harvest, and reunion is the most important connotation of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival:

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival, etc. , one of the four traditional festivals in China, falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, most of which have ancient origins.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. It has been circulating for a long time.