The Origin of Kiln Burning in Mid-Autumn Festival

Kiln burning in Mid-Autumn Festival is a sacrificial activity held to pray for the blessing of "porcelain gods" to burn well and burn more kilns. In recent years, it has become an activity to celebrate the Five Peak Lights and look forward to the good weather in the coming year, expressing the pursuit of happiness.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, whenever night falls, a tall earthen lamp will be erected in the open space of every village. The kiln is based on big stones, and the tiles collected by the children from the ground are layered. After the earthen lamp was folded, the children went door to door to "get rich". Even families who are stingy at ordinary times have become generous and let their children get firewood. The kiln is lit by a respected old man in the village, and then a special cook adds firewood to make a fire, which is called "adding firewood (wealth)".

Then pour oil and salt on the raging fire, and the fire suddenly goes straight into the sky, which is called "prosperous wealth". The activity of burning the tile lamp lasted for about 2 hours until all the rubble on the tile lamp was burned red. After enjoying the "ceramics" fired by the village collective, the elders in the village will push down the earthen lamp with long poles and put out the fire. The whole village cheered and called it a break.

Traditional customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:

1, burn incense

In Jiangsu, incense is burned on Mid-Autumn Festival night. There are silks around the incense barrel, which depicts the scenery of the Moon Palace. There are incense sticks made of thread Kaori with paper kuixing and colorful flags on them. There is also the custom of burning incense and fighting among the people in Shanghai.

Step 2 worship ancestors

Mid-Autumn Festival custom in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province. On the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, tables were set up in each hall to offer sacrifices, ancestors and various offerings. After the sacrifice, cook the sacrifices one by one and have a big dinner at the same time.

3. dancing dragon

Dragon dancing is the most traditional custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong. 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. On the night of the grand event, the winding dragons danced happily under the lights and dragon drum music, which was very lively.