Mid-Autumn Festival holiday customs all over China

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in the Mid-Autumn Festival, China since ancient times, the custom of the full moon, In the Zhou dynasty, to be held during the autumn and festival on face cold. Establish the big incense table, put the moon cake, watermelon, apples, plums, grapes and other seasonal fruit, moon cake and watermelon which is definitely not small. Lotus also cut watermelon-shaped.
in the Tang Dynasty, the Mid Autumn Festival, plays the month very popular. In the Song Dynasty, the style Mooncake flourished, according to During the day, the capital of all shops and restaurants have re-decorated facades, arches wounded on the silk tie, the sale of fresh fruit and refined good food, night markets bustling, people are more boarded up the house, some rich man in his own tower Pavilion on the moon, and put food or arrange a private banquet, happy children, moon common Xu Tan.
Ming after the custom of Mid-Autumn moon is still in many places formed a bucket incense burning, tree moon, the tower light, put the sky lights, moon walk, dance the special customs.
to eat moon cake
the festival of urban and rural people have the custom of eating moon cake, saying there: Moon cake moon was originally used to sacrifice offerings, Later, people gradually mooncake together with the moon cake tasting, meaning the symbol of family reunion.
moon cake was originally made in the family, the Qing Yuan Mei in In modern times, with specialized production of moon cake the workshop, moon cake making more and more sophisticated, filling elegant, good looks, the moon cake is also printed on the outside of a variety of exquisite patterns, such as Night Moon, The months of happy people round trillion, trillion to the round cake person often students, moon cake was pinned homesick, missing relatives touched the praying for good harvest, happiness, people have become the world's desire, the moon cake has also been used as a gift a gift to send pro- friends with each other.
the customs of other Mid-Autumn Festival
China's geopolitical large population, manners, laws have also a variety of Mid-Autumn Festival, and with strong local characteristics.
Pucheng in Fujian, women have to walk through the Nanpu Bridge, the festival in order to live longer. In Jianning, in the autumn in order to hang lights for the moon Qiuzi of good omen. Shanghang County in the festival, children in worship when many months regardless. Longyan people eat moon cake, the parents will be dug in the central diameter of the second, three-inch round cake food for seniors, which means things can not let the younger generation to know the secret. This custom is from the moon cake in the possession of enemy anti-Element message legend. Golden Gate before the first moon worship worship God.
Chaoshan worship around the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival, mainly women and children, the Night, Haoyue rising, women will be in the yard, set the case on the balcony when the air prayer worship. Silver High candle burning, cigarette-filled, the table also filled with good fruit and cakes as a cult. Mid-Autumn Festival also eat taro local habits, Chaoshan are saying: In August, the harvest season is the taro, taro farmers are accustomed to come to worship their ancestors. This is of course something to do with farming, but there is a widely held folk legends: 1279, off the Southern Mongolian nobility, established the Yuan Dynasty, the Han Chinese for the brutal rule. Chaozhou horse hair entrenched anti-yuan, breaking the city, the people killed. To forget the pain of barbarian rule, and their descendants to take taro and
in the autumn burning tower is also very popular in some places. Ranging from 1-3 meters high tower, multi-chip with rubble brick, the tower is also used large bricks, about tower 1 / 4, and then build from overlapping tiles, leaving the top of a Tower mouth, for the delivery of fuel use. Mid-Autumn evening will be the ignition combustion, the fuel of wood, bamboo, rice husk, etc., splash when Huo-wang resin powder, lead Yan cheering, very spectacular. Burning towers of civil regulation also race, who burned all the Wata Block flush the win, or in the combustion process is less than the collapse of the negative, win flags distributed by the moderator, bonuses or prizes. Yuan Dynasty Tower is reportedly burning, the Han people against tyrannical rulers, held at the Mid-Autumn Festival when the uprising as the number of the origin of the fire.
southern area of ​​civil practice in the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a variety of people. Nanjing Autumn eat moon cake, the sweet-scented osmanthus duck will eat dishes of Nanking. Will eat a little sugar drink taro, pouring slurry Guangxi, the United States wait for the statement. Gui syrup, a sugar, sweet-scented osmanthus, before and after the harvest moon, with sugar and pickled plum. Jiangnan women manual dexterity, the poem's chanting, into table food. Nanjing family moon called Nanjing is expected early next month
F, Wan Yue bridge, built in the Qing Dynasty under the Lion Rock North on floor, both for people to enjoy the full moon, and to play on the bridge are the most. It was placed in the moon, the moon together with the board floor, playing on the bridge, to the rabbit for the music for everyone to see. . After the Ming Dynasty, gradually fading, and their descendants to a poem: Long Itabashi, that the original Wanyue bridge. In recent years, the Nanjing Confucius Temple has been renovated, restoring some of the pavilions between Ming and Qing Dynasties, dredging, until the time when the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can go hand in hand to enjoy the here and plays the month with the best interest of the.
Wuxi County, Jiangsu Province, fighting to burn incense in the autumn. Hong Doo paste around a silk yarn, painted the moon in view. Also compiled a Hong fighting to incense, paper models of Kuixing inserted above and colored flags. Autumn feast for the people of Shanghai Osmanthus mead Zuo food.
Ji'an County Mid-Autumn Festival evening, each village is burning jar with a straw. After the jar to be red-hot, add vinegar into it. At this time there will be great, full flavor village. When the new County the festival, starting from August 11 to fly through the grass the night lights, until August 17 only.
Anhui Province, Wuyuan Mid-brick pile of children to a hollow pagoda. Tower hung with draperies plaques and other decorations, but also set a table before the tower, furnishings all respect, Points on the night the candle inside and outside. Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Children Jixi gun fight. Mid-Autumn Festival is a gun-shaped straw tied into braids, wet stone and then get up and fight to make tremendous noise and a custom travel flames. Said the grass fire dragon is tied into the dragon, who inserted a Hong column. Fire Dragon Tour peers when percussion, and then sent to the river traveled around the village.
Sichuan people eat moon cake in addition to the festival, but also play cake, kill ducks, eating Ma Bing, honey cake. Some places also point orange lights, hanging the door, and celebration. Children are also studded with grapefruit on the incense, street dancing, called Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiading County, land of God, playing drama, vocal music, heritage, known as the
in the north, Shandong Province Qingyun farm land in the August 15 ceremony Ceres, called the Zhucheng, Linyi and Jimo, etc. In addition to offering sacrifices, but also have Shangfen ancestors. Guan, Laiyang, Guangrao and postal town and other places in the Mid-Autumn Festival also hosted the landlord tenant. Mid-Autumn Festival Jimo should eat a food called Shanxi Luan-law in the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. Datong County, called the reunion put the cake moon cake, a night watchman in the custom in the autumn.
Mid-Autumn Festival in Hebei Province, said the county
million Hejian County that is in the autumn and wet, if it rains Mid-Autumn Festival, the locals think that vegetables will taste good.
Xixiang County of Shaanxi Province in the autumn boat registration Cliff men, women arrange good meal. Rich or poor, will eat watermelon. Mid-Autumn Festival with trumpeter blowing along the drum door to discuss gratuities. Mid-Autumn Festival Luochuan rate of students with gifts for the parents of worship, Mr. Day, the school lunch more than dinner.
some places the formation of a number of special Mid-Autumn Festival customs. In addition to the full moon festival on, eat moon cake, there are Fire Dragon Dance in Hong Kong, Anhui heap pagoda tree Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangzhou, Jinjiang, the burning towers, Aberdeen, Suzhou looking string of Shek Wu months, worship the Dai, Hmong jump on , Dong Moon steal food, child care Gaoshan ball dance.