Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional stories - There are two important festivals before and after the spring breeze.

There are two important festivals before and after the spring breeze.

They are Mid-Autumn Festival and Flower Festival.

First, Mid-Autumn Festival:

Offering sacrifices to the moon is an activity of offering sacrifices to the "Moon God" in some places in ancient China. The autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms is an ancient "Moon Festival". The worship of the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, which stems from the worship of astronomical phenomena, praying for help to realize one's wishes, so worship. As one of the important ceremonies of the Mid-Autumn Festival, offering sacrifices to the moon has continued from ancient times and gradually evolved into a folk activity of appreciating and praising the moon. At the same time, it has become the main form of modern people's longing for reunion and their desire for a better life.

Second, the flower festival:

Flower Festival refers to the birthday of China Baihua, also called Flower God Festival, Flower God Birthday, Flower God Birthday and Picking Vegetables Festival. It is a traditional festival of the Han nationality and is popular in northeast, north, east and south-central China. It is usually held on the second day of February, February 12th or February 15th and 25th of the lunar calendar.

"Flower Festival" has holiday customs such as catching butterflies in spring outing, planting flowers and digging wild vegetables, and making flower cakes. At the same time, this day is also called Daughter's Day. On this day, girls get together to play and make friends. Unmarried women love to admire red flowers and worship god, eat flower cakes and make flowers, praying that they are as energetic and beautiful as flowers. Since the Song Dynasty, Flower Festival has become a folk festival and one of the most important traditional festivals in China.