The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival

On September 19, 2019, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. I spent the Mid-Autumn Festival at home and enjoyed the moon. There are many people who want to know what the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is. Let me tell you.

Mid-Autumn Festival, as the name suggests, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first seen in "Zhou Li". According to the ancient Chinese calendar, the 15th day of the lunar calendar, in the middle of August in the fall of the year, it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". There are four seasons in a year, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong, and Zhou. Therefore, the second month of the autumn is called Zhongqiu. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. "New Tang Book, Volume 15 and 5th, Li Le 5" contains "Where the Spring and Mid-Autumn Festival are released in Wenxuan Wang and Wu Cheng Wang", and "In the 19th year of Kaiyuan, the Taigong Shangfu Temple was set up to stay in Hou Liang. With the mid-spring, the Mid-Autumn Festival on the penal offering, the system of sacrifice and music is as follows." According to historical records, the festival of the ancient emperor's sacrifice month is August 15th of the lunar calendar. The time coincides with the half of the autumn, hence the name "Mid-Autumn Festival"; and because this festival is in autumn in August, it is also called "autumn festival". "August Festival", "August Festival", "Mid-Autumn Festival"; there are also beliefs and related customs activities for praying for reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Day". Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are carried out around the "month", it is also commonly known as "Moon Festival", "Month of the Moon", "Chasing the Moon Festival", "Playing the Moon Festival", "The Moon Festival"; in the Tang Dynasty, The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Terminal Moon". The prevalence of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty. By the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become the same as the New Year's Day and became one of the main festivals in China. There are three types of origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival: originated from the worship of the moon in the ancient times, the custom of singing and dancing in the moon, and the ancient autumn worshipping the customs of the land god.

What must I eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Everyone must know, of course, moon cakes. Mid-Autumn Festival foods are the first to introduce moon cakes. Moon cake, originally originated from the Tang Dynasty army Zhu Jie food. During the Tang Emperor's reign, the general Li Jing pleaded for a sneak peek over the mooncakes, and triumphantly returned on August 15. Since then, eating mooncakes has become an annual custom. At that time, the Turpans who had business were offering cakes to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Gao Zu Li Yuan took over the gorgeous cake box and took out the round cake. He smiled and said that the moon in the sky said: "We should invite the cake." Finish the cake and give it to the group. Eat moon cakes to show "reunion." Moon cakes, also known as Hu cakes, palace cakes, moon groups, harvest cakes, reunion cakes, etc., are the offerings of the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival to worship the moon god. According to legend, in ancient China, the emperor had a ritual system of spring festivals and autumn festivals. In the folk, during the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, there are also customs that worship the moon or worship the moon. "August 15th, the children's moon, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cake is sweet and sweet", this name tells the custom of eating moon cakes for urban and rural people in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon cake was originally used to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually used the Mid-Autumn Festival to appreciate the moon and taste the moon cake as a symbol of family reunion. Slowly, the moon cake became a must-have gift for the festival.

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