"Theme class meeting of "How much do you know about traditional festivals?

1) Theme: "Four Seasons and Eight Festivals" is a catchphrase often said by local people in Yiyang.

Originally, the four seasons of the year - spring, summer, fall and winter - are the "four seasons". What about the "eight seasons"? It does not refer to the twenty-four seasons in the spring equinox, autumn equinox, spring, summer, summer solstice, east solstice, autumn, winter, but refers to the popular folk of the eight major traditional festivals. They are the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Yuan Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice (Chongyang Festival), New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve).

(2) The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Mid-Autumn Festival", "reunion festival". It is an ancient and traditional festival of the Han Chinese people. On the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. This day coincides with the half of the three autumns, so the name "Mid-Autumn Festival". Ancient emperors had the ritual of sacrificing the sun in spring and the moon in fall. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival had already begun. In the Tang Dynasty, there were the customs of watching the moon on the platform, enjoying the moon in a boat, and drinking wine to the moon. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty (988-1003), the 15th day of the 8th month was designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is customary to worship the moon, admire the moon, and eat moon cakes. Nowadays, it is one of the three major traditional festivals in China, together with the Spring Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. This festival is also prevalent among many ethnic minorities.

Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: a chat to know each other, and then chat to know each other, see each other more sigh hate late, the red line of marriage Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: thousands of miles of **** the moon, thousands of miles of **** the net, the end of the world is also as close as a stone's throw, the hut to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival

2 Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: full of the moon such as frost, the autumn is like water, the end of the world, the people are homesick Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: half-bottle of wine into the intestines, the sadness of the sky, the pearl tears speechless<br&

3 Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: Thousands of distant mountains and ten thousand waters, very much in love with the idea of hundred percent Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: Three autumn laurel ten miles lotus, a round of the bright moon in two places heart

4 Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: The blue sea and the green sky, Chang'e should be remorseful to steal the elixir Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: A tiger's guts, Houyi fearless shooting nine days

5 Mid-Autumn Festival couplet: Past events are hard to look back on, back to the past, the past is hard to look back on, back to the past is hard to look back on, back to the past is hard to look back at, back to the past is hard to look back at, back to the past is hard to look back at. (3) Mid-Autumn Festival, is at the time of the high and refreshing autumn, the fragrance of Dan Gui, the ripening of the fruits, and so the moon and the Earth is the closest, so there is a "night of the moon tonight, the moon to the Mid-Autumn Festival is exceptionally bright! "Therefore, the moon is the closest to the earth at this time of the year. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is characterized by "good flowers and a full moon". The festival's festivities and folklore are extremely sentimental and poetic. Although different regions and different ethnic groups have different customs, many aspects are generally the same.

①Moon Worship and Appreciation: Whenever the moon rises and the clear light fills the earth, people set up tables and chairs in the open air or under the osmanthus tree, and bring round fruits (apples, grapes, jujubes, etc.) and round foods (moon cakes, candies, etc.) to the table. The whole family gathers around the table, looks up at the bright moon in silence, and stands solemnly for a few moments to offer and worship the moon. Afterwards, the whole family sits around the table and enjoys the delicious food and the clear light of the moon. Literati or elegant people will often be poetic at this time, searching for intestines, poetry and singing. For some reason can not go home to reunite couples, couples, in a foreign land, looking up at the full moon, evoking the feelings of infinite nostalgia for their loved ones in their hometown. Su Shi, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, "Wish for a long time, thousands of miles **** Canyuan Juan" is undoubtedly the most beautiful blessing to all the lovers in the world who can not be reunited as scheduled. "People are close to their hometowns, and the moon is bright in their hometowns". People take the Mid-Autumn Moon as a symbol of reunion, so those who are "alone in a foreign land as a stranger" will always "suspect that it is frost on the ground" whenever they see the "bright moonlight in front of their beds" on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then they can't help but to feel the frost on the ground. "Then they can't help but "raise their heads to look at the bright moon, and bow their heads to think of their hometown". Undoubtedly, the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's song "Silent Night Thoughts" expresses the infinite longing for his hometown and loved ones of people who have been alone in a foreign land since ancient times, and profoundly reveals people's deep yearning for a happy life.

② tasting moon cakes: the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, popular in the Yuan Dynasty. According to legend, the end of the Yuan Dynasty, all over the disaster is serious, the people do not want to live, people have risen up against the government. In order to secretly contact the uprising civilians, Taizhou Zhang Shicheng wrote a secret leaflet about killing the enemy and uprising on August 15, and put it inside the mooncake and gave it to the civilians. After eating the mooncakes, the civilians knew the time and place of the uprising, and thus responded to the call for a national uprising and won the victory. Later, the custom of giving mooncakes to each other and eating mooncakes was popular on the 15th day of the 8th month to show the remembrance of the previous generations and the festive blessings to friends and relatives.

3 gift worship: Mid-Autumn Festival this day, the folk prevailed in visiting friends and relatives, giving each other gifts, especially young men to take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to pay a visit to the Lord in-laws. Gifts are not bound to be light or heavy, but the moon cake is not less. There are also candies, alcohol, fruit, pastries and so on. Preferably in pairs, to indicate good luck. Contemporary moon cakes such as "seven stars with the moon", "Eight Immortals reunion", "nine dragons playing pearls" and so on. All are even number, and is a famous brand, the price is not expensive yo.

4 Mid-Autumn Festival Rally: Every year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, modern people will gather in the city square, or public **** green space, held a large-scale rally. The contents include cultural performances, martial arts competitions, bonfire evenings, couples' masquerade parties, and collective wedding assemblies. There are also places where you can camp by a mountain lake, hold a self-service barbecue on the waterfront, and hold open-air night food and clothing trade fairs. The content is rich and varied, and it is a sight to behold. The scene is grand and lively. Some local festivals gatherings to entertain themselves, all night long, and enjoy themselves.