Contemporary culture and significance of the Mid-Autumn Festival

#中秋节# Introduction Many people may not know that for Chinese people, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival other than the Spring Festival.

So what is the significance of this festival to us?

Here it is!

The contemporary culture and significance of the Mid-Autumn Festival Chapter 1 The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first seen in "The Rites of Zhou".

According to the ancient Chinese calendar, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month falls in mid-August of the autumn of the year, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

There are four seasons in a year, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. Because the second month of autumn is called Zhongqiu, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Zhongqiu".

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "ordering the minister to suppress the cattle confusion, and on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, the left and right people were incognito and flooded the river".

It was not until the early Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival.

"Book of Tang·Taizong Ji" records the "Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th".

The popularity of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become as famous as New Year's Day and became one of the major festivals in our country.

This is also the second largest traditional festival in our country after the Spring Festival.

With the continuous development of society, the ancients gave many legends to the moon, from the toad in the middle of the moon to the Jade Rabbit making medicine, from Wu Gang cutting laurels to Chang'e flying to the moon. Their rich imagination painted a variety of beautiful scenery for the world of the moon palace.

From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, poets and poets have chanted about the moon and the events in the middle of the moon. The full moon on the 15th day of August has become an excellent time to express emotions.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, officials officially designated August 15th as the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was meant to be in the middle of the Three Autumn Festivals, when all people would celebrate together.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the bright moon is in the sky and the clear light fills the earth. People regard the full moon as a symbol of reunion, and August 15th as the day for the reunion of relatives. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the "Reunion Festival".

The Contemporary Culture and Significance of the Mid-Autumn Festival Part 2 The Mid-Autumn Festival has become a major festival of the year, and it has an extremely subtle relationship with the imperial examination. In my country's feudal society, opening up subjects to obtain scholars has always been a major event that the rulers attach great importance to. .

The three-year Autumn Palace Competition happens to be held in August.

When the scenery and passion are combined, people will regard those who take the high school examination as those who win the title in the middle of the month.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, grand celebrations must be held, which has become an important custom for the people of the whole society. It has remained popular through the dynasties. The Mid-Autumn Festival has gradually become one of the four major festivals in my country (Spring Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival).

The 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

This is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the Chinese lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Zhongqiu.

The moon on August 15th is rounder and brighter than the full moon in other months, so it is also called "Yuexi" and "August Festival".

This night, when people look up at the bright moon in the sky, they naturally look forward to family reunions.

Wanderers who are far away from home also use this to express their longing for their hometown and relatives.

Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the "Reunion Festival".

Our people have had the custom of "autumn twilight and evening moon" in ancient times.

On the eve of the moon, worship the moon god.

By the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night would be held to welcome the cold and worship the moon.

Set up a large incense table and place mooncakes, watermelons, apples, dates, plums, grapes and other offerings. Mooncakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable.

The watermelon should also be cut into lotus shapes.

Under the moon, the moon statue is placed in the direction of the moon, with red candles burning high. The whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts the reunion moon cakes.

The person who cuts the food must calculate in advance how many people are in the family. Those who are at home and those who are out of town must be counted together. They cannot cut more or less, and the sizes must be the same.

According to legend, Wu Yan, an ugly girl from the ancient state of Qi, worshiped the moon devoutly when she was a child. When she grew up, she entered the palace with outstanding moral character, but she was not favored.

On August 15th of a certain year, the emperor saw her under the moonlight while admiring the moon. He thought she was beautiful and outstanding, so he made her his queen. This is how the Mid-Autumn Festival came to worship the moon.

In the middle of the moon, Chang'e is famous for her beauty, so the girl worships the moon and wishes that she "looks like Chang'e and has a face like the bright moon."

In the Tang Dynasty, admiring and playing with the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was quite popular.

In the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

On the night of August 15th, people all over the city, rich and poor, old and young, wear adult clothes, burn incense and worship the moon, express their wishes and pray for the blessing of the moon god.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave each other mooncakes as gifts to symbolize reunion.

In some places, there are activities such as dancing grass dragons and building pagodas.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival have become more popular; many places have formed special customs such as burning incense, planting Mid-Autumn Festival trees, lighting tower lanterns, releasing sky lanterns, walking on the moon, and dancing fire dragons.

Today, the custom of playing under the moon is far less popular than in the past.

However, it is still very popular to hold banquets to admire the moon. People drink wine to celebrate the wonderful life, or wish their relatives far away to be healthy and happy, and to "live thousands of miles away" with their families.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival for people all over the country. The customs vary from place to place, but they all represent the longing for hometown, repose people's yearning for a better life, and lead to the other side of happiness.

The Mid-Autumn Festival occupies an important position in my country's traditional culture.

The Contemporary Culture and Significance of the Mid-Autumn Festival Part 3 Among the traditional Chinese festivals, the Mid-Autumn Festival is regarded as the second largest festival of the Chinese people.

The Spring Festival is the largest holiday. The Spring Festival is also commonly known as "New Year" by the Chinese, which means "the year of a hundred festivals". Some people also call the Chinese Spring Festival the "New Year's Festival" to show the difference between the positions of "year" and "festival".

Different, establish the superior status of "year".