It is the Mid Autumn Festival of another year. A bright moon sprinkles bright moonlight on the ground. Unconsciously, it is so gorgeous that it is hard to seal it. It stirs up the strong feelings of hometown and those ancient legends of the Mid Autumn Festival. So, let's take a look at the contents of the Mid Autumn Festival manuscripts.
The Goddess Chang's fly to the moon
It is said that more than 4000 years ago, Hou Yi, the king of poor countries, was brave and good at shooting. However, he was violent and did not sympathize with the sufferings of the people, which made the people miserable. Hou Yi wanted to live forever. He found that Chang'e got the medicine from Kunlun Mountain and prepared to take it on his own day. Chang'e learned that in order to show sympathy for his people and avoid Houyi's long-term cruel rule, he took the medicine first. Suddenly, he was as light as a swallow and flew to the Moon Palace. Hou Yi found that Chang'e was shot with an arrow, and Chang'e entered Guanghan palace and became the goddess of the moon, known as the God of the moon or the goddess of the Taiyin.
Customs of Mid Autumn Festival
August 15 of the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid Autumn Festival in China, and it is also the second largest traditional festival after the Spring Festival. Also known as the Mid Autumn Festival, reunion festival, August Festival, etc., it is a traditional festival of the Han nationality and most ethnic minorities in China, and is also popular in neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam. The Mid Autumn Festival is called the mid autumn festival because it is in the middle of August in July, August and September, and in the middle of the fifteenth day in the thirty days of August. Therefore, it is also called the reunion festival.
Mid Autumn Festival
August 15 of the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid Autumn Festival in China, and it is also the second largest traditional festival after the Spring Festival. August 15 is just in the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid Autumn Festival. In ancient Chinese calendar, August, which is in the middle of autumn, is called 'mid autumn', so the Mid Autumn Festival is also called 'Mid Autumn Festival'.
Overthrow Yuan Dynasty
According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Central Plains people were not willing to be subjected to the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and patriots rose to fight against the Yuan Dynasty. Liu Bowen, Zhu Hongwu's military adviser, asked his subordinates to dress up as Taoists to sell talismans in various counties. He said that this year, disasters would fall in the sky, and those who wanted to avoid disasters could fly the sun and moon flag on August 15, and the flag would be hidden in moon cakes. On that day, people all over the country cut big moon cakes and hung the flags hidden in them. The uprising was very strong. To the surprise of the Yuan people's Congress, Zhu Hongwu succeeded in one blow and ended the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Later, this kind of sun and moon flag was the 'Ming' flag. Another similar legend is that there is a piece of paper inside the moon cake, which says "kill Tartars on the 15th of August". When people saw this piece of paper when cutting the moon cakes, they all rose up to kill the Tartars, and the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown.
admire the full moon
The moon in the Mid Autumn Festival is particularly bright and complete, which symbolizes reunion. In ancient times, many people wanted to see the jade rabbit and Wu Gang logging in the moon. Modern people appreciate the natural beauty of the moon night.
Eating moon cakes
The custom of eating moon cakes was recorded in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the festival food was magical and endowed with patriotic significance. In the Mid Autumn Festival, moon cakes are the same as eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival. Mooncakes are celebrations of reunion or commemoration of resistance to alien rule.
reunion
The customs of eating moon cakes, appreciating the moon and thanking the land lord are all praying for a complete and glorious life, a happy family reunion and a safe community, demonstrating the ideal of a round moon and a round people.