Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival and other Chaoshan folk composition (400~500 words) ...

From Chaoshan Dongtai mobile phone software ~ August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so this day is exactly half that of Sanqiu, hence the name: Mid-Autumn Festival. Raoping has the custom of Yue Bai in Mid-Autumn Festival, burning tile towers and burning smoke piles. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, women take a bath and change clothes. They are busy setting tables in front of patios, gatehouses and halls where they can see the moon, tying bed skirts embroidered with auspicious birds and animals and rich flowers, putting washed fruits, moon cakes, cloud cakes and taro on them, cutting them into various mascots with red paper and sticking them on cakes and fruits. After putting it away, light a red candle and high incense, and start waiting for the moon to rise to the sky. Unmarried girls burn incense in Yue Bai and pray for a husband; Newly married women pray for the early birth of their children and the love of their husbands; Middle-aged and elderly women pray for family harmony and less well-being; Housewives whose husbands make a living outside are more eager to send their feelings on the moon. The moonlight is bright, a row of red candles is burning high, fragrant, the lights are shining, and the scene of fire trees and silver flowers. "Moon Worshiping Mother" didn't end until the middle of June. Innocent children have been pestering their grandmother to tell the story of Moon Mother since they were knocked unconscious to learn English. The moon has become the golden dream of children. So in the Mid-Autumn Festival, adults tie bamboo poles into a footbath-sized skeleton and glue it into a full moon with raw edges. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, children light candles in the belly of this "Moon Mother", carry them on their shoulders, and dance and swim in the hazy deep alley. From a distance, it seems that the Moon Mother has come to earth. It is an interesting trip to the Moon Mother.

In some rural areas, besides Yue Bai, tile towers and smoke piles are also burned. After getting up in the morning, children pick up tiles and bricks everywhere, and then carry them, pick them and carry them to the threshing floor or river beach designated by their elders for concentration. Experienced adults build these bricks into a hollow tile tower with a height of 1 to 3 meters, a tower door below and a tower mouth at the top, which is used to transport fuel. When the tower is built, put the dead branches, hay and cow dung in the tower. In mid-June, when the women in the village prayed for the moon and cremated the gold ingot before filing the case, the elders lit a fire at the entrance of the tower, and slowly, a string of flames shot out from the top of the tower. In order to make the tower fire more prosperous and colorful, people throw sulfur and rosin powder into the tower from time to time to cheer, and even throw coarse salt, which makes the red-hot tower crackle and colorful, and some even set off fireworks and firecrackers to add fun, which is very spectacular. Children sang and danced around the fire tower, while adults drank tea and ate cakes and talked about the past and the present until Watta burned into a transparent and glittering golden tower. There are also folk rules for burning stupas. Whoever burns the stupa to red will win, while those who fail or collapse in the burning process will lose, and the winner will be awarded colorful flags, prizes or bonuses by the owner. As for the smoke pile, it is to pile the firewood sent by each household on a hill in the village. At the end of Yue Bai, the woodpile is also lit like a tile tower. Why are there the above customs? According to folklore, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty practiced the system of "three households and one insurance system", that is, it was stipulated that every three households should support one Yuan soldier, only fat, not thin. It is also stipulated that the three houses should not be closed at night, so that Yuan Bing can sleep in which house. What is even more intolerable is who married a daughter-in-law. The bride was only allowed to share a room with Yuan Bing the night before. The common people were bullied to the last straw. On August 15, every household provided a plate of bread and a steamed taro to Yue Bai. It turned out that this was arranged in advance by the insurgents. At first glance, there is a warm and square white paper under the fork cake, which seems to prevent oil stains from coming out. In fact, the word "kill" is written on it, secretly transmitting information. When Yueniang was invited to eat fork baked wheat cake, when she saw the word "kill", men, women and children picked up candlesticks, incense burners, sticks and kitchen knives to kill Yuan Bing, and the result was one. Due to the scattered rural villages, in order to facilitate unified action, we have to burn tile towers and smoke piles. The word "taro" in taro is homophonic with the word "Hu" in Chaozhou dialect. The purpose of worshipping taro is to inspire the people to establish the confidence of cutting off the heads of Hu people and defeating Yuan soldiers. The autumn moon has always had a quiet beauty. Since ancient times, literati have left many poems to appreciate the moon. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the blue sky is like a wash, and the full moon is like a plate. You can climb high and look at the moon, which has a special taste. Young people were invited by delegations to enjoy tea and the moon in the scenic spots such as Shibi Mountain, Hutou Mountain, Green Island and Xiyan Mountain, enjoying the bright full moon in the deep night sky and breathing the fresh air, just like being in a paradise. "The moon is now full on the sea, and the bright moon is born with the tide". Watching the moon by the sea is more exciting and romantic. The moonlight shines in the sea, and the water is naturally bright; The sparkling shells and sparkling sand on the beach are also full of moonlight. The lighthouse in the distance and the dim light just make up for the simplicity of moonlight; Fishing boats moored on the shore are like an ink-and-wash landscape painting ... In Golden Lion Bay, Dayuan Bay, Dongshawan and Yuzai Bay, three or five confidants * * * enjoy a moment, have tea and cakes, talk about "Until, raise a glass, ask the moon" and feel the happiness of "being alone is better than being happy".