The customs of various festivals in autumn

There are Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival in autumn.

1, Mid-Autumn Festival

One of the traditional festivals in China is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which is said to commemorate the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. August is the second month of autumn, which was called Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times. Because it is in the middle of autumn and August, it is called Mid-Autumn Festival, also called Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Half Day, Moon Festival, and because the moon is full on this day, it symbolizes reunion, so it is also called Reunion Festival.

Eating moon cakes to show "reunion" is also called Hu cake, palace cake, moon dumplings, harvest cake and reunion cake. It is an offering to worship the moon god in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. According to legend, in ancient China, the emperor had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn.

2. Double Ninth Festival

Today is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In the Book of Changes, "nine" is defined as yang number. On the ninth day of September, 29 is the most important day, so it is called Chongyang, also known as Double Ninth. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival, which has been inherited ever since.

The Double Ninth Festival, also known as "stepping in autumn" and "stepping in spring", falls on the third day of March and is a family member. On the Double Ninth Festival, all relatives should climb the mountain together to "avoid disaster", insert dogwood and enjoy chrysanthemums.

Extended data

1, moon cakes were originally used to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded the Mid-Autumn Festival as a symbol of family reunion. Slowly, moon cakes have become a necessary gift for festivals.

2. Because the homonym of "99" on the ninth day of September is "for a long time", which has a timeless meaning, ancestor worship and respect for the elderly are often carried out on this day. Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Bonsai Festival are four traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China.

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