Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciating Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in many ethnic groups and countries in the Chinese character cultural circle in China, and falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Because its value is only half that of Sanqiu, it is named, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16.
The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20th, 2006, the State Council was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage.
Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating Yue Bai, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.
The story about the Mid-Autumn Festival: Jade Rabbit tinkers with medicine.
This legend was first seen in Dong Escape from Han Yuefu: "The Jade Rabbit knelt for a long time and pounded toad pills, and presented a jade plate to your majesty. Take this medicine and you will get a fairy. " According to legend, there is a rabbit on the moon, as white as jade, so it is called "Jade Rabbit". This kind of white rabbit holds a jade pestle and kneels down to pound the medicine into toad pills. Taking these pills can make you live forever. Jade rabbit is probably the earliest playmate of Chang 'e in Guanghan Palace.
Summary: The stories of the first three Mid-Autumn Festival are full of myths and legends. As for the relationship between the three, there is a saying: According to legend, Yi got the elixir of life from the Queen Mother of the West and gave it to her for safekeeping. When Feng Meng heard about it, he stole it, but if he didn't steal it, it would hurt Heng 'e. In desperation, Heng E swallowed the elixir of life and flew to the sky. Unable to leave the village, Heng E stayed at the Moon Palace. Lonely and unbearable in the Guanghan Palace, he urged WU GANG to cut down the osmanthus tree and let Yutu pound medicine, hoping to make it a soaring medicine, so that he could return to the world as soon as possible and reunite with Iraq.
Mid-Autumn Festival greetings:
Flowers put on colorful clothes, danced gracefully and happily, and the breeze sang softly, singing a euphemistic and touching Mid-Autumn carol-Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
The scenery is Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moonlight at home is how bright! ; Celebrate the festival with wine and make the whole family smile; Flowers are similar year by year, people are prosperous year by year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is happy!