The custom of Mid-Autumn festival

Sacrifice ancestors, burn paper, burn incense, set off firecrackers, worship the ground, pray for a bumper harvest, eat ducks, jump sky lanterns, set fire to burners, and enjoy the river lanterns to be alone. 1, ancestor worship: People believe that ancestors will return to their hometown to visit their descendants in July and a half, so they need to worship their ancestors. This kind of ancestor worship is a reflection of the traditional ethics, and it is also a cultural tradition of being grateful for morality.

Sacrifice ancestors, burn paper, burn incense, set off firecrackers, worship the ground, pray for a bumper harvest, eat ducks, jump sky lanterns, set fire to burners, and enjoy the river lanterns to be alone.

offer sacrifices to ancestors

People believe that ancestors will go home to visit their children in July and a half, so they need to worship their ancestors. This kind of ancestor worship is a reflection of the traditional ethics, and it is also a cultural tradition of being grateful for morality.

Burn paper money for the dead

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, burning paper is the most prominent folk belief. According to legend, the dead paper is money from the underworld, and people burn paper to give money to their dead ancestors and relatives. Usually, when you burn paper on the grave, you should leave a few copies and burn them at the crossroads, in order to give some alms to homeless wild ghosts so that they won't rob their ancestors again.

Incense burning and cannon burning

Every night on July 14 or 15, we burn incense and set off firecrackers outside the door, and at the same time "burn bags" (also called "recommended bags").

Sacrifice land

In July and a half, people still worship land and crops. Scatter sacrifices in the fields. After burning the paper, wrap it on the ears of crops with cut five-color paper. Legend has it that autumn can avoid hail and get a bumper harvest. At the same time, some places have to go to Houtu Temple to offer sacrifices. Hemp and valley are hung at the gate of Dingxiang county folk custom.

Pray for a bumper harvest

Sacrifice in July and a half is usually associated with the hope of a bumper harvest. On the night of the stone drum, every household should burn incense and pray at home and put incense on the ground. This is called "planting rice" (transplanting rice). The more you plant, the better, which symbolizes the bumper harvest of rice in autumn.

Eat duck

Many places in the country will choose to eat ducks in July and a half, because ducks swim in the water, taking the meaning of their river lanterns to pray.

Sky lantern jump

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a custom of jumping lanterns in Tiandeng, Guangxi. In the past, sky lantern dancing was mostly superstitious activities, such as meeting gods and expelling epidemic ghosts. Now it has gradually developed into a folk sports activity.

Flame outlet

The ceremony began with solemn temple music. The monks silently recited all kinds of thirsty words, then gave food and scattered peaches and rice in all directions, repeating it three times. Folk call this ceremony "the opening of the flame".

He Deng du gu

River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". Every year on the evening of the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, people make lanterns and put them into the water. Legend has it that they can guide the dead.