What's in the Mid-Autumn Festival

The customs and traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival include moon sacrifice, moon viewing, eating mooncakes, lighting lanterns and riddles.

1, moon festival

Moon festival is a kind of worship activity of ancient people to "moon god". On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people would worship the moon god, set up a large incense burner, and place mooncakes, watermelons, apples, jujubes, plums, grapes and other offerings on the table. Under the moon, the "moon god" tablet is placed in the direction of the moon, red candles are lit, and the whole family worships the moon in turn, praying for blessings. This is a way of expressing people's good wishes by offering sacrifices to the moon and reminiscing about the moon.

2, the moon

It is said that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival the moon is the closest to the earth, the moon is the largest and the roundest and the brightest, so from ancient times to the present day there is the custom of drinking feasts to enjoy the moon.

3, eat moon cakes

Moon cakes are the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival offerings to worship the moon god, the moon cake symbolizes the reunion, and then people gradually Mid-Autumn Festival to enjoy the moon and taste the moon cake, as a symbol of family reunion.

4, burning lamps

Mid-Autumn Festival night, there is the custom of burning lamps to help the moon. Nowadays, there is still the custom of burning lamps on the tower with tiles stacked on top of it. In the south of the Yangtze River, there is the custom of making lantern boats.

5, riddles

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival night will be hung in the public **** place with many lanterns, people gathered together, guessing the riddles written on the lanterns, because most of the young men and women love the activities, but also in these activities on the love story, so Mid-Autumn Riddle Guessing was derived from a form of men and women fall in love with each other.