The Origin and Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival

The origins and customs of Mid-Autumn Festival are as follows:

65438+ As the saying goes, ghosts who run back to their hometown ask their families for money, let them go back to life and get through their joints, so as to support their lives as soon as possible. Later, people designated this day as the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Custom: Botou City and Nanpi County take fruits, bacon, wine and money to the ancestral graves on July 15th, and hold the hemp valley to remove the stalks, which is called "recommending new things". On the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangping County, they worship their ancestors with fresh food and prepare fruits and vegetables and steamed sheep for their grandchildren. This is called "sending sheep to the grave in Qinghe County" on July 15, and presenting steamed sheep to their daughters.