Customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival of our country, also known as the moon festival, autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August festival, August meeting, chasing the moon festival, playing on the moon festival, worship on the moon festival, girls' festival or reunion festival, is popular in many Chinese ethnic and Chinese character culture circle countries traditional cultural festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, was popular in the Song Dynasty, and became one of the major festivals in China along with the New Year's Day. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia, especially the local Chinese overseas Chinese. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national holiday. On May 20, 2006, The State Council listed the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
In ancient times, due to the continuous long-term wars and beacon fires, coupled with inconvenient transportation and communication. People yearn for reunion and happiness, but often do not get it. Lovesick people will be sent to the month. This situation is often seen in the poetry of the past dynasties.
Such as: Tang Dynasty Li Bai: "look at the bright moon, bow to think of hometown"; Du Fu's: "dew from tonight white, the month is hometown Ming"; It can be seen that the moon was used as a symbol of light, purity and beauty in ancient times.
Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been offering sacrifices to the moon, admiring the moon, worshipping the moon, eating moon cakes, appreciating osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus flowers wine, and other customs, which have been handed down to the present, enduring. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a rich and precious cultural heritage with the circle of the moon and the reunion of people. It is a place for people to miss their hometown, miss their relatives, and pray for harvest and happiness.
中秋節的習俗
中秋節是我國的傳統節日，又稱月夕、秋節、仲秋節、八月節、八月會、追月節、玩月節、拜月節、女兒節或團圓節，是流行於中國眾多民族與漢字文化圈諸國的傳統文化節日。
中秋節始於唐朝初年，盛行於宋朝，至明清時，已與元旦齊名而成為中國的'主要節日之壹。受中華文化的影響，中秋節也是東亞和東南亞壹些國家尤其是當地的華人華僑的傳統節日。自2008年起中秋節被列為國家法定節假日。2006年5月20日，國務院列入首批國家級非物質文化遺產名錄。
古時候，由於長期戰爭不斷、烽火連綿，再加上交通、通信不便。人們渴望團聚康樂，往往不能如願。相思的人們便以月寄情。這種狀況在歷代詩文中多見。
如：唐代李白的：“舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉”；杜甫的：“露水從今夜白，月是故鄉明”；可見月亮在古代就作為光明，純潔，美好的象征。
中秋節自古便有祭月、賞月、拜月、吃月餅、賞桂花、飲桂花酒、等習俗，流傳至今，經久不息。中秋節以月之圓兆人之團圓，為寄托思念故鄉，思念親人之情，祈盼豐收、幸福，成為豐富多彩、彌足珍貴的文化遺產。