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The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival is 50 words

1, enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is an essential custom in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "August 15th is full, and moon cakes are sweet and fragrant". The word moon cake originated from Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was just a snack.

2. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at osmanthus in the middle of the month, smelling osmanthus fragrance and drinking a cup of osmanthus wine to celebrate the sweetness of the family has become a wonderful enjoyment of the festival. In modern times, people mostly use red wine instead.

There is no large lantern festival in Mid-Autumn Festival, and playing lanterns is mainly an activity between families and children. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, it was recorded in Old Wulin that the Mid-Autumn Festival was a custom, and there was an activity of "putting a small red light into the river to drift and play".

4. The Mid-Autumn Festival in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province has the custom of Yue Bai, mainly for women and children, and there is a saying that "men are under the moon, and women don't sacrifice stoves". There is also the custom of eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is a saying in Chaoshan: "River to mouth, taro to eat."