Mid Autumn Festival family reunion, many friends will take advantage of the Mid Autumn Festival holiday to go home and reunite with their relatives, but there are many taboos, so what are the taboos of the Mid Autumn Festival? Let's have a look with Xiaobian
Mid Autumn Festival taboo
1： Men don't worship the moon. The custom of worshipping the moon on the Mid Autumn Festival of the Han nationality was popular all over the country. Qing Fu chadun Chong's Yanjing year of age: the Mid Autumn Festival 'only men don't pay homage to the moon. Therefore, the capital proverb says: & lsquo; Men don't worship the moon, women don't sacrifice the stove& rsquo;' It is said that the moon belongs to the sun, and the moon god Chang'e is a woman, so the moon worship activities can only be attended by women.
2： Avoid people with weak body and poor physique to enjoy the moon. During the Mid Autumn Festival, people with weak body are not recommended to go to the field to enjoy the moon and worship the moon. Especially women who have recently miscarried or have just given birth to a baby should not enjoy the moon. Even on their own balcony, it's best not to look at the moon.
3： It is forbidden to enjoy the moon for those who are frustrated and have weak luck. If they are in a low mood and are frustrated recently, such as those who lose in officialdom, the situation is not going well, their work is not going well, their families are not going well, they fail in the exam, and they lose money in business, it is best not to enjoy the moon.
4： Avoid people who have just moved and do not have a 'busy house' to enjoy the moon. Recently, people who have just moved and do not have a 'busy house' after moving had better not enjoy the moon, or those who feel that their health and fortune are bad after moving had better enjoy the moon carefully.
5： Avoid covering your forehead with hair. If you have bangs, you'd better stroke your hair in front of your forehead to the back or both sides. Don't let your forehead be covered by your hair, because this is your magic lamp.
6： Do not burn incense before going out or after going home. Burning incense before going out during the Mid Autumn Festival can bless travel safety. Burning incense after going home is to express gratitude and pray for travel safety in the coming year.
7： When the moon is high on the Mid Autumn Festival, people set up altars to burn incense and display moon cakes, melons and fruits to worship the moon. Many families worship the moon on the night of the full moon, burn moonlight paper, lay down food for the moon, and then distribute it to their families. The whole family get together to eat moon cakes. Moon cakes, also known as reunion cakes, let the whole family work together and unite. Therefore, the fruit cake must be round. Even if the melon and fruit moon cake is cut, it must be lotus shaped.
8： Mid Autumn Festival taboo
As the saying goes: 'eat moon cakes disorderly and die father-in-law.' If the new daughter-in-law spends the Mid Autumn Festival at her mother-in-law's house in the first year of marriage, she will spend the Mid Autumn Festival at her mother-in-law's house for several years in a row. If the first year after marriage is the Mid Autumn Festival at your mother's house, you should spend the Mid Autumn Festival at your mother's house for several years. This can avoid eating disorderly moon cakes and accidents in father-in-law.
What should we pay attention to when eating moon cakes
Diabetics eat sugar mooncakes carefully: moon cakes use too much sugar, which can lead to higher blood sugar. People with high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease eat more sugar containing moon cakes, which can cause gastrointestinal burden to increase, so that blood is concentrated in the stomach, and other parts of the body lack blood supply, causing dizziness.
Don't eat more chocolate filled moon cakes: chocolate is a hot food, which will further aggravate internal heat and affect digestive function. In addition, food accumulation in the stomach will also affect respiratory function, resulting in chest tightness and suffocation, and damage cardiopulmonary function.
Not everyone can eat ice cream moon cakes: those with deficiency of cold in spleen and stomach will cause stomach discomfort; People with hot constitution feel good after eating frozen moon cakes, but extreme things will turn around, and the cold will stimulate great heat. After eating ice cream moon cakes for a few days, some patients have symptoms such as continuous diarrhea, burning all over, blood fever and so on.