Mid-Autumn Festival for high school students

August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon on August 15th is rounder and brighter than the full moon in other months, so it is also called "Yuexi" and "August Festival". On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people try their best to reunite with their families. Taking the meaning of the two full moons, August 15th is also called the "Reunion Festival".

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional folk festival of the Han and ethnic minorities. As early as the Three Dynasties period, our country had the custom of "autumn twilight and evening moon". On the eve of the moon, worship the moon god. By the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night would be held to welcome the cold and worship the moon. In the Tang Dynasty, admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival and playing with the moon were quite popular. In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave each other moon cakes as gifts to symbolize reunion. At night, there were activities such as moon appreciation and lake tours. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival have become more popular. In many places, people have burned incense, planted Mid-Autumn trees, lit tower lanterns, released sky lanterns, and walked on the moon. Special customs such as fire dragon dance. Today, the custom of playing under the moon is very rare. However, it is still very popular to hold banquets to admire the moon. People drink wine to admire the moon to celebrate a good life, or wish their relatives far away to be healthy and happy, and to "live thousands of miles away" with their families.

In ancient times, there were also moon worship and moon worship activities. Set up a large incense table and place moon cakes, watermelon, apples, pears, grapes and other offerings. Moon cakes and watermelon are absolutely indispensable. The watermelon is also cut into lotus shapes. Under the moon, the moon statue is placed on the place where the moon is. With the red candle burning high, the whole family worships the moon in turn. Then the housewife cuts the reunion mooncakes. The person who cuts the moon cake has planned the whole family in advance. ***How ??many people there are, you can’t cut too much or too little. The connection between mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival dates back to the Ming Dynasty. According to relevant information, at that time, a kind of mooncake with fruit filling appeared in Beijing city, and people made their own mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival, for themselves or as gifts to relatives and friends, to express reunion and congratulations. At that time, the size and shape of mooncakes were very irregular and varied greatly, and their names were also quite special. For example, in Jie County, Shanxi Province, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, local people have the custom of sitting together with their families to share reunion moon cakes. The moon cakes they make are many and interesting. There are moon cakes specially for men, while others are only for women. There are also gourd mooncakes that are specially prepared for children, as well as mooncakes such as "Sun Wukong" and "Rabbit Master" specially prepared for children. There are many names, just to name a few.