Mid-Autumn Festival handwritten newspaper content daquan simple fifth grade

Mid-Autumn Festival: Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. August is the second month of autumn, which was called Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times. Because it is in the middle of autumn and August, it is called Mid-Autumn Festival, also called Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Half Day, Moon Festival, and because the moon is full on this day, it symbolizes reunion, so it is also called Reunion Festival.

Status of Mid-Autumn Festival: Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. 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. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the early Tang Dynasty, and there were already Mid-Autumn Festival activities in the Tang Dynasty, while the Mid-Autumn Festival activities in China were popular in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival was no different from the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, some areas in East Asia and Southeast Asia also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the main gathering areas of Chinese and overseas Chinese, the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival will be more obvious.

The story of Mid-Autumn Festival is very short.

After the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's Queen Hou Yi proclaimed herself emperor, she indulged in debauchery and killed people at will, and became a tyrant. He wants to live forever and go to Kunlun Mountain to steal the elixir of the Queen Mother. His wife Chang 'e was afraid that he would live forever and the people would suffer. She stole the elixir and took it, so she flew to the Moon Palace lightly.

According to legend, osmanthus trees in front of Guanghan Palace on the moon are flourishing, reaching more than 500 feet. There is a man who often cuts, but every time he finishes cutting, the cut place closes immediately. It has been like this for thousands of years. It is said that this tree-chopping man is called WU GANG, who used to follow the immortals in monasticism. But when he made a mistake, the immortals banished him to the Moon Palace, doing this futile chore every day as a punishment.

Legend has it that three immortals became three poor old people, begging for food from foxes, monkeys and rabbits. Both the fox and the monkey have food to help, but the rabbit can't. Later, the rabbit said, "You can eat my meat!" " He jumped into the fire and cooked himself. The fairy was so moved that she sent the rabbit to the Moon Palace and turned it into a jade rabbit. Accompany Chang 'e as a panacea for her descent.

The custom of Mid-Autumn festival

1. Tide watching: In ancient times, Zhejiang Mid-Autumn Festival was another activity besides moon watching. The custom of watching tide in Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, which is described in detail in Mei Cheng's Seven Mao Fu in Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, Mid-Autumn tide watching became more popular. There are also records of watching the tide in Zhu Tinghuan's Ming Bu Wulin Past and Zi Mu's Meng Lianglu.

2. Lighting: The candle burning in the Mid-Autumn Night Lantern is tied to a bamboo pole with a rope and stands high on the tile eaves or terraces, or is built into a glyph or a shape with small lights and hung on the height of the house, commonly known as' Mid-Autumn Festival on the tree' or' Mid-Autumn Festival vertically'. Rich people can hang lights as high as tens of feet. Families gather under the lamp to enjoy drinking, and ordinary people erect a flagpole and two lanterns to enjoy themselves. The city is full of lights and glass. From ancient times to the present, the scale of the custom of burning lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival seems to be second only to the Lantern Festival.

3. Guess: On the full moon night of Mid-Autumn Festival, many lanterns will be hung in public places. People get together to guess the riddles written on lanterns. Because this is the favorite activity of most young men and women, love stories will also be heard in these activities, so solve riddles on the lanterns is also a form of love between men and women in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

4. Eating moon cakes: Eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a necessary custom in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "Moon cakes are sweet and fragrant when they are full on August 15th". The word moon cake originated from Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was just a snack. Later, people gradually associated moon viewing with moon cakes, symbolizing family reunion and bearing their thoughts. At the same time, moon cakes are also an important gift for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

5. Burning Tower: The game of burning tile lamp (or burning flower tower, burning tile tower and burning fan tower) is widely circulated in the south. For example, Volume 5 of China Folk Customs: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night in Jiangxi, children usually pick up tiles in the wild and pile them into round towers with holes. At dusk, it is burned in the firewood tower under the bright moon. As soon as the tiles burned red, kerosene was poured on the fire, and suddenly the fields were red and bright as day.