On rumored ancient folk worship ugly no salt,pious worship during childhood on, grow up to superior moral palace, but do notdrive. A full moon on August 15, Son of Heaven to see her in the moonlight,feeling that her beauty is outstanding, after she was Queen, Mid-Autumn Festivalon the resulting worship. Mid-Chang, to beauty, known for young girls worshipit on, willing to "look like the goddess of the moon, face as brightmoon."
In ancient times the "On the eve ofAutumn Twilight" practices. On the eve of that worship Goddess. Set largeincense table, put the moon cake, watermelons, apples, dates, plums, grapesother offerings, moon cake and watermelon is definitely not small. Also cutinto the lotus-shaped watermelon. Under the month, the moon god on the moonthat direction, Candle high burning the whole family followed by worship themoon, then the charge of the housewife cut happy moon cake. Pre-cut people whocount the number of good family, at home, in the field should count together,can not cut more and no cut less the same size.
The custom of scholars to celebrate the moonfestival from months, serious joyous ritual became easy. Mooncake activitiesaround the beginning of civil Wei and Jin Dynasties, but immature habits. TheTang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wan Yue prevailed, read by many poets inthe poem Ode to the Moon has. Until the time of Song, has formed a full moon inthe activity center for the Mid-Autumn Festival Folk Festival, officiallydesignated as Mid-Autumn Festival. And Chinese different from the Song moon ismore a sense of things sad, often Teenage moon and new moon, Yu human events,even if moon night, the moon's clear light also could not conceal the Song ofsadness
But Song, the Mid-Autumn there is anotherform, that is, the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival is secular: "Mid-AutumnFestival before, all shops are selling new wine, your family knot Taixie, homeson war accounted for restaurants Wan Yue, carousing heard a thousand milesaway, play with sitting to dawn "(" Beautiful Dream to Tokyo ").Song of the Mid-Autumn Festival is a sleepless night, the night market open allnight, Wan Yue visitors, Titan is not absolutely
Ming and Qing Dynasties, the result of therelationship between age, social life, highlighting the reality ofutilitarianism, the festival, in the interests of a strong secular sentimentYu, to "moon" as the center of the lyric and the myth of the literatitradition weakened, utilitarian worship, pray and secular feelings, aspirationsof ordinary people form the main form of popular Mid-Autumn Festival.Therefore, the "civil Praying" become eager to join, recreation and well-being;to always focussed on.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival in China is a veryancient custom. According to historical records, as early as the Chou dynasty,the ancient kings had the sun in the vernal equinox, summer solstice Jide,Autumnal Equinox Festival month, the winter solstice Heaven customs. Theirplace of worship called on the altar to altar, on the altar, the Temple ofHeaven. Grouped in the four corners. Beijing, the Ming and Qing emperors on thealtar is the place on Festival. "Book of Rites" reads: "Son ofHeaven spring Asahi, Qiu Xi months. DPRK and the DPRK, on the eve of theeve." On the eve of the eve of here, that means it is night worship themoon. This custom has not only pursued by the court and the upper nobility,with the development of society has gradually affected the folk