The process of sacrificing the moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Process of Moon Sacrifice at Mid-Autumn Festival

The process of moon sacrifice at Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and a day of family reunion, in which the moon is sacrificed in many places, which is a kind of traditional custom in China. The following is an introduction to the process of the Mid-Autumn Festival moon sacrifice.

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1, furnishings

After the moonrise, place the sacrificial table in the direction of the moon, arrange the offerings, light the red candles, and lay out the mat.

2. Take your place

The participants are seated on the offerer's seat. The deacon and the praetor take their places.

3. Offering the moon

The hymn is sung: "Offer the moon". The Officiant takes his place, goes to the table and kneels on it.

4. Offering incense and wine

The hymn is sung: "Three incense sticks". The deacon hands over three sticks of incense, the officiating priest lights them on the candles, bows to the moon god, and then puts the incense on the incense burner. This is done three times. The hymn is sung, "Three Offerings of Wine." The deacon fills the wine jar, hands it to the officiating priest, who spills it on the floor in front of the table, and then places the jar on the sacrificial table. This is done three times.

5. Read the Blessing

The deacon hands over the blessing in praise of the moon, and the officiating priest, by the light of the moon and candles, recites it to the moon.

6. Burning the blessing and the moonlight paper

The officiating priest puts the blessing and the moonlight paper in a small pot in front of the table and burns them.

7. Moon worship

The hymn is sung. "The officiating priest and the participants in the ceremony perform the ritual of "worshiping again" (i.e., worshiping twice)

8, from the dedication

The hymn of praise is sung: "from the dedication". When the officiating priest leaves the table, the participants go to the table in order of seniority, kneel down, offer incense (take three or one), pray silently for the wishes of the heart, and then pay homage to the moon god once. Until all the female participants have finished paying homage.

9, ritual completion

Zanli singing: "ritual completion". At this point, the Mid-Autumn Moon Ceremony is complete.

10, West Rail

The master of ceremonies holds a knife and cuts the mooncakes evenly according to the number of people, one for each person. One watermelon for each person, and fruits to be taken by oneself.

What is the purpose of the Mid-Autumn Festival moon festival

Moon festival, as one of the important rituals in ancient China. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, emperors had the custom of sacrificing the sun at the spring equinox, the earth at the summer solstice, the moon at the fall equinox, and the sky at the winter solstice. The modern Mid-Autumn Moon Sacrifice focuses on passing on the millennia of traditional Chinese culture, and guides people's cognition and integration of traditional culture through rituals.

Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been characterized by the customs of sacrificing to the moon, enjoying the moon, worshipping the moon, eating mooncakes, enjoying osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to the present day and are still enduring. The Mid-Autumn Festival has become a colorful and precious cultural heritage as the moon is a sign of the reunion of people, and it is a festival for sending thoughts to hometowns and relatives, and praying for a good harvest and happiness.

The moon ceremony faces the direction of the moon and sets up a sacrificial case on which moon cakes, fruits and other sacrificial offerings are placed. People who participate in the moon festival hold a solemn heart, wear Chinese clothes, correct the crown, according to the incense, text, dedicate poetry, bowing to the order of the moon ceremony, singing praises to the moon god of nature's great achievements, praise the moon to bring people a variety of literary feelings, pray for the moon god to bring good luck

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Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Festival symbolism is

Mid-Autumn Festival The moon sacrifice ceremony is held to celebrate a good autumn harvest, family reunion and happiness.

The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "moon sacrifice". Mid-Autumn Festival, moon festival is an important part of the Mid-Autumn Festival activities, in China is a very ancient custom, in fact, the ancient people of the "moon god" a worship activity. Moon festival, in the autumn equinox, is an ancient "moon festival". The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the second month of autumn, and therefore also the season of the autumn harvest, so people have used the Mid-Autumn Festival to express their joy for the harvest. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full and the scenery is beautiful, and the ancients regarded the full moon as a symbol of reunion, and people who go out will use the full moon to send their thoughts to their hometowns, expressing the good will of people praying for reunion. In some places, people take the opportunity of the moon festival to express their love to the people in their hearts, and tell each other their feelings.

Traditional Steps

By the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, it is the day of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and the family has to take a bath and change clothes before the ceremony. When the moon rises in the evening, the moon worship ceremony begins, first face the direction of the moon set up the case in the courtyard, the case in front of the high hanging moon god statue, the case placed on the good offerings. In front of the case laid out kneeling seats, kneeling (also known as the Han Dynasty, that is, the knees and tight, sitting on the heels of the buttocks, the back of the feet to the ground) worship. One of the family members is chosen to be the chief priest, whose role is to represent and lead the family in the rituals of the moon sacrifice. Another one is chosen to lead the process of the moon ceremony. After the ceremony, the family sits together, drinks osmanthus wine, eats mooncakes, enjoys the moon, and tells stories about the moon, such as the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden and Wu Gang's tree.

What is needed for the Mid-Autumn Festival moon festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival moon festival requires a large incense burner, a statue of the moon god (commonly known as the moonlight paper), offerings (including mooncakes, watermelon cut into lotus shapes, apples, plums, grapes, jujubes, grapefruit, wine offerings and so on), two red candles, a small incense burner, and three wine cups (or wine jars). The offerings are mostly round, taking the meaning of reunion.

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What are the traditional dietary practices of the Mid-Autumn Festival

1, eat moon cakes

Moon cakes are the traditional food for the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are only Cantonese moon cakes and Soviet moon cakes, and now there are also ice cream moon cakes, quicksand moon cakes, the variety increased a lot, and the taste is also based on the popularity of the moon cakes. And in terms of flavor, according to the public's preferences, the development of salted egg yolk mooncake, abalone mooncake, bird's nest mooncake, chocolate mooncake, and so on, so now many people still look forward to eating mooncakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2, eat moon cakes

Moon cakes are made of flour with vegetables and meat, put into the frying pan and fried until golden brown on both sides, looks yellow and round, just like the moon in the sky. So at the Mid-Autumn Festival, people of the older generation will make moon cakes at home for their children, hoping that the children will be sheltered by the moon god after eating the moon cakes.

3, eat snails

In folklore, there is a tradition of eating snails in August, so in the Mid-Autumn Festival, many places will also eat snails. This is mainly because of the high nutritional value of snails, eating can be bright eyes, in addition is the Mid-Autumn Festival this stage of the snail is the most fat and delicious time, so in this time to eat snails to taste its most delicious time. There are many ways to eat snails, you can fry snails, boiled snails, steamed snails, you can also put the snail meat and pork together and chopped into stuffing to eat, are very delicious.

4, eat dumplings wontons

In China, no matter what the traditional festivals, dumplings wontons are indispensable. In the south everyone will wrap wontons to eat, while in the north is to eat dumplings. So during the Mid-Autumn Festival, even though the table mountain is full of dishes, but dumplings or wontons can not be missing.

5, eat rice cake

Rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour, eat very soft and sticky, in the Mid-Autumn Festival rice cake is also very festive food. It is very good to slice the rice cake and fry it, or deep fry it and dip it in sugar, or cook it in porridge.