Poems and Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival

Customs: Folk customs such as offering moon worship, enjoying the moon, eating mooncakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine have been passed down to the present day and have endured for a long time.

Poetry:

1. The bright moon comes out of the Tianshan Mountain, between the vast clouds and the sea. --Li Bai, "Moon over Guanshan Mountain"

2. Raise a cup to invite the bright moon, and make a trio of shadows. --Li Bai, "Drinking Alone Under the Moon"

3. The twilight clouds are overflowing with cold, and the silver man is spinning a jade disk without a sound. --Su Shi, "Mid-Autumn Moon"

4. This night is not long enough to be good, and the bright moon will not be seen next year. --Su Shi "Yang Guan Qu"

5. The sand of the desert is like snow, and the moon of Yanshan Mountain is like a hook.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year, one of the major festivals of the Chinese people, with the fullness of the moon, the reunion of the people, in order to support the feelings of nostalgia for their hometowns and relatives, and to pray for a good harvest, happiness, and has become a colorful and invaluable cultural heritage.