What are the customs around Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20th, 2006, it was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.

There is a custom of Mid-Autumn Festival Yue Bai in Chaoshan, Guangdong, which is mainly aimed at women and children. As the saying goes, "men are dissatisfied with the moon, and women don't sacrifice stoves." At night, when the bright moon rises, women set up a box in the yard and balcony to pray. Silver candles burned high, cigarettes filled the air, and the table was filled with good fruits and cakes as sacrifices. There is also the custom of eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is a saying in Chaoshan: "Rivers are interlinked and taro can be eaten". August is the harvest season of taro, and farmers are used to using taro to worship their ancestors.

The Mid-Autumn Festival duet is a unique folk activity in Jishan Village, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai. According to records, Tang moved to Xiangshan County from the Southern Song Dynasty, and later his descendants moved to Jishan to settle down. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, local people developed a unique tune of cattle songs from rural folk songs, which was used as entertainment songs in the evening of Mid-Autumn Festival and became one of the local Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations.

Mount Jue, located in Jincheng, has been an excellent place to enjoy the moon in Yue Bai since ancient times. The natural scenery of Mount Jue complements the traditional Mid-Autumn custom, celestial body worship and moon worship, which makes the Mid-Autumn culture show its unique charm here. It is called "Mount Jue is a must on earth" and has a very rich humanistic heritage.

According to local customs, every year on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the bright moon Ran Ran rises, a large-scale moon festival will be held. Zezhou Mid-Autumn Festival usually lasts for three days: on August 13th of the lunar calendar, noodles are mixed, persimmons are warmed, and fruits are prepared; Steamed (or baked) moon cakes on August 14; On August 15, I visited my grandma during the day, sent moon cakes, attended temple fairs, and offered sacrifices to the moon and Yue Bai at night. On 20 1 1, the Mid-Autumn Festival custom in Zezhou was announced by the State Council and listed as a national intangible cultural heritage protection project by the Ministry of Culture.

Dragon dance originated in19th century. In order to eliminate the plague, it has now become the most traditional custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong. 20 1 1 is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

From the evening of the 14th August of the lunar calendar every year, a grand dragon dance has been held in the Tai Hang area of Causeway Bay for three consecutive nights. This fire dragon is more than 70 meters long, and it is tied into 32 dragon bodies with pearl grass, which is full of longevity incense. On the night of the grand event, the streets and alleys in this area, a series of winding and undulating fire dragons danced happily under the light and dragon and drum music, which was very lively.