Mid-Autumn Festival Torchlighting is from which place?

Mid-Autumn Festival torchlighting is a custom in Fuyang, Anhui Province.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, but in the Fuyang area, people call it the Torch Festival, an appellation derived from the legend that Liu Futong led the Red Turban Army in an uprising. According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Han Shantong and Liu Futong organized a peasant uprising, responded by raising torches and conquered Yingzhou. A nursery rhyme was circulated at the time: "The city was full of fire, the officials scattered to hide; there was no one in the city, the Red Turbans sat on the mat."

In order to commemorate this uprising, Fuyang area folk every Mid-Autumn Festival night, young people will imitate the Red Turbans, with broomcorn millet, sunflower stalks wrapped in straw, to the field fire, shaking to shake, to be burned out and then return. This custom is known as "put the torch", and is still prevalent in the region.

Other Traditional Traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival:

1. Playing with Lanterns: On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people make lanterns of various shapes, such as animals and plants, out of colorful paper and put them in the house or yard for children to play with.

2. Appreciating osmanthus flowers: Mid-Autumn Festival is the season of fragrant osmanthus flowers, so appreciating osmanthus flowers is also an important activity. People will use osmanthus flowers to make wine, cakes, etc., or simply appreciate its beauty and aroma.

3. Burning Incense and Worshipping the Moon: In the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people would burn incense and worship the moon to pray for peace and reunion. This custom is also related to the ancient legend that there are Chang'e and Jade Rabbit on the moon, and burning incense to worship the moon can pray for peace.

4. Lantern riddles: During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people will make lanterns of various shapes out of paper and write riddles on them, and hang them in the yard or indoor. Guessing lantern riddles is an important activity of the Mid-Autumn Festival and one of the games that children like.