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The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, Yihao wishes you a happy holiday!
Author£ºadmin Time£º2021-09-08
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the autumn eve of the ancient times. Sacrificing the moon has a long history. It is a kind of worship activity for the "moon god" by ancient people in some places in ancient my country. The "autumn equinox" of the 24 solar terms is the ancient "moon festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival was popular in the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was a period of economic and cultural exchanges and integration between the north and south of our country. Existing written records of the term "Mid-Autumn" were first seen in the Han Dynasty documents. It was written in the "Zhou Li" between the two Han dynasties (historical biography was written by Zhou Gongdan, actually written between the two Han dynasties), which stated that there was "Mid-Autumn Yeying" in the pre-Qin period. "Cold", "Mid-Autumn Festival Offering Good Qiu", "Autumn Equinox Evening Moon (Worshiping the Moon)" activities. According to records, in the Han Dynasty, there was an activity of respecting the elderly and providing for the elderly on the Mid-Autumn Festival or the beginning of autumn, and giving them male crude cakes. There are also written records of Mid-Autumn Festival moon admiration during the Jin Dynasty, but it is not very common. The Mid-Autumn Festival in the Jin Dynasty is not very popular in northern my country.
The Mid-Autumn Festival became an officially recognized national holiday, probably in the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival custom was popular in northern my country. "Book of Tang Emperor Taizong" records "August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival". The custom of admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was very popular in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and many poets wrote verses about chanting the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival is combined with myths and stories such as Chang'e Flying to the Moon, Wu Gang's Attack on the Osmanthus, Jade Rabbit Treating Medicine, Yang Guifei's Turning into the Moon God, and Tang Ming Emperor's Visit to the Moon Palace, etc., making it full of romance, and playing with the wind of the moon is just a thriving day. The Tang Dynasty is an important period when traditional festivals and customs are combined and finalized, and the main part of it has been passed down to this day.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a common folk festival, and the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar calendar is officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. The seasonal food of "small cakes like chewing moon, with crisp and sweet" appeared in literary works. For example, Meng Yuan¡¯s "Tokyo Dream Hualu" said: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, your family will decorate the terraces and houses, and the folks will fight to occupy the restaurant to play the moon." Moreover, "the string is full of enthusiasm. Outside the cloud. Children in the room, even night wedding scenes; night markets, paradise, as well as familiar."
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival had become one of the main folk festivals in China. The secular sentiment in the New Year's Festival becomes more and more intense, and utilitarian worship, prayers and secular emotions and wishes constitute the main form of the Mid-Autumn Festival of ordinary people. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, "the fruit cake must be round for offering sacrifices to the moon", and each family must set up a "moon light position" and "worship to the moon" in the direction of the moonrise. Lu Qihong's "Beijing Suihua Ji" contains: "On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people set up symbols of the Moon Palace, and the symbols are free from standing up; Chen melon fruits are in the courtyard, and the cake is painted with Moon Palace Toads; men and women worship and burn incense, and then burn them. "The "Scene of the Imperial City" also says: "On the 15th of August, when offering sacrifices to the moon, its cakes must be round, divided into pieces, the teeth will be wrong, and the petals will be carved like lotus flowers.... Those who have a wife to return to Ning will return to their husband's house, saying Reunion Festival also."
Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has the custom of worshipping the moon, admiring the moon, eating moon cakes, playing lanterns, admiring osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine and other customs, which have been passed down for a long time. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are few clouds and fog, and the moon is bright and bright. In addition to a series of activities such as admiring the moon, worshipping the moon, eating moon cakes, and blessing reunion, some places also have activities such as grass dragon dance and pagoda building. Since its development, eating moon cakes has become a must-have custom for the Mid-Autumn Festival in various parts of the north and south of our country. In addition to moon cakes, various seasonal fresh fruits and dried fruits are also delicacies on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival became an officially recognized national holiday, probably in the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival custom was popular in northern my country. "Book of Tang Emperor Taizong" records "August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival". The custom of admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was very popular in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and many poets wrote verses about chanting the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival is combined with myths and stories such as Chang'e Flying to the Moon, Wu Gang's Attack on the Osmanthus, Jade Rabbit Treating Medicine, Yang Guifei's Turning into the Moon God, and Tang Ming Emperor's Visit to the Moon Palace, etc., making it full of romance, and playing with the wind of the moon is just a thriving day. The Tang Dynasty is an important period when traditional festivals and customs are combined and finalized, and the main part of it has been passed down to this day.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a common folk festival, and the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar calendar is officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. The seasonal food of "small cakes like chewing moon, with crisp and sweet" appeared in literary works. For example, Meng Yuan¡¯s "Tokyo Dream Hualu" said: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, your family will decorate the terraces and houses, and the folks will fight to occupy the restaurant to play the moon." Moreover, "the string is full of enthusiasm. Outside the cloud. Children in the room, even night wedding scenes; night markets, paradise, as well as familiar."
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival had become one of the main folk festivals in China. The secular sentiment in the New Year's Festival becomes more and more intense, and utilitarian worship, prayers and secular emotions and wishes constitute the main form of the Mid-Autumn Festival of ordinary people. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, "the fruit cake must be round for offering sacrifices to the moon", and each family must set up a "moon light position" and "worship to the moon" in the direction of the moonrise. Lu Qihong's "Beijing Suihua Ji" contains: "On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people set up symbols of the Moon Palace, and the symbols are free from standing up; Chen melon fruits are in the courtyard, and the cake is painted with Moon Palace Toads; men and women worship and burn incense, and then burn them. "The "Scene of the Imperial City" also says: "On the 15th of August, when offering sacrifices to the moon, its cakes must be round, divided into pieces, the teeth will be wrong, and the petals will be carved like lotus flowers.... Those who have a wife to return to Ning will return to their husband's house, saying Reunion Festival also."
Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has the custom of worshipping the moon, admiring the moon, eating moon cakes, playing lanterns, admiring osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine and other customs, which have been passed down for a long time. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are few clouds and fog, and the moon is bright and bright. In addition to a series of activities such as admiring the moon, worshipping the moon, eating moon cakes, and blessing reunion, some places also have activities such as grass dragon dance and pagoda building. Since its development, eating moon cakes has become a must-have custom for the Mid-Autumn Festival in various parts of the north and south of our country. In addition to moon cakes, various seasonal fresh fruits and dried fruits are also delicacies on the Mid-Autumn Festival.