Annually lunar calendar August 15th, is a traditional Mid-Autumn joyful festival.
Is a year at this time, the middle of the autumn, so was be called Mid-Autumn.
In the lunar calendar of China, a year is divided into the four seasons, is divided into three parts of ? , ? , quarter again every quarter, as a result the Mid-Autumn also calls the autumn of ? .
August 15 of moon compare the full moon of other a few months more circle, brighter, so be called" the ? of month" again," August stanza".
This night, the people look up at the sky,such as jade,,such as the bright moon of of the dish,, the natural session hopes the family family reunion.
Far traveller in other place, also borrow this feeling that consigns the oneself to remember fondly to the home town and close relatives.
So, the Mid-Autumn call" reunited stanza" again.
The people of the our country have the custom of" autumn month" in ancient times.
Month of ? , namely the fiesta does obeisance the absolute being of the month.
Arrived a generation, every time round the Mid-Autumn nights all want to hold to face cold and fiesta month.
Establish the big incense burner table, put a round flat cake, watermelon, apple, red date, plum, grape of last month etc. sacrificial offering, among them, the moon cake and watermelons absolutely can't be little.
The watermelon still needs to cut into the lotus form.
Under the month, do obeisance that direction that the moon idol put in the moon, high ? of red candle, whole family person one by one in order the fiesta moon, then from take charge of the housewife to cut open the reunited moon cake.
The person who slices the moon cake calculates the good whole family in advance to have totally how much person, at home of, in the other parts of country of, all want to calculate together, can't slice to have another also can't slice little, the size want to be similar.
It is rumored ancient times together the ugly woman of country has no salt, childhood hour once the godliness does obeisance the month, after grow up, with the preeminence moral qualities go into temple, but don't drive love.
Some year August 15 appreciate the month, the Emperor sees her under the moonlight, feeling that her beauty is outstanding, after sign her as empress, the Mid-Autumn does obeisance the month from here and since then.
Charng-er in month, call with the beautiful looks ? , the past young girl does obeisance the month, wish" look like the Charng-er, face such as the bright moon".
At the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn appreciates the month and plays the month very widely accepted.
In the north city teacher of Sung.
15 nights of August, full city somebody else, in spite of the rich and poor the old and the young, all want to put on the person's clothes, the joss-stick of ? does obeisance the month to speak the wish, protect of the imprecation moon absolute being.
South Sung, folks with moon cake mutually ? , take the reunited righteousness.
There is still the dance grass dragon in some places, the ? pagoda etc. activity.
Clear and pure, the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival is more widely accepted;
Many places became to burn the ? joss-stick, tree Mid-Autumn, order the tower light, put the sky lantern and walk moon, dance the special customs of etc. of the fire dragon.
Today, the custom that the downstream of month play, already far have no old hour widely accepted.
But still hold the party to appreciate the month very widely accepted, the people ask the month to the wine, celebrate the fine life, or wish the healthy happiness of the close relatives of the far-away place, and the family's" a long distance total lovely".
The custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival is a lot of, the form is also each not same, but all consign the people to the living infinite passion and to fine life of look forward to