What are the spiritual connotations of Mid-Autumn Festival?

What are the spiritual connotations of Mid-Autumn Festival?

What are the spiritual connotations of Mid-Autumn Festival? Mid-Autumn Festival occupies an extremely important position in the hearts of China people. The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is a national celebration. People look forward to and recognize the Mid-Autumn Festival very much. Let me give you a brief understanding of the spiritual connotation of Mid-Autumn Festival.

What are the spiritual connotations of Mid-Autumn Festival? 1

First, family reunion.

"The moon is at sea now, and the horizon is at this time." On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the bright moon is in the sky, and the clear silver light is scattered all over the earth. People regard the full moon as a symbol of reunion, and August 15 is the day of family reunion. Therefore, Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival is marked by the full moon, which embodies the reunion dream of Chinese children and accumulates their psychological demands for reunion. Spending a full moon night is the time for family reunion. Linking the moon in the sky with human reunion is a unique way of thinking in China. Although there are various holiday customs in different regions and ethnic groups, family reunion and gathering of relatives and friends are unchanging themes, which embodies the wishes of Chinese children and casts their souls.

"Circle" is of special significance to China people. From the level of utensils, people admire round things: the moon for sacrifice is round, the moon cakes for eating are round, and the fruits for sacrifice are round. Judging from the inner desire, family reunion is called "reunion home", drinking is called "reunion wine", eating rice is called "reunion dinner" and festivals are called "reunion festival". When the moon is hanging in the sky, sharing moon cakes is a warm ceremony for family reunion. The process of making moon cakes at home, sharing moon cakes and giving them away is the process of expressing love, transmitting love and feeling love. Family reunion, family harmony, family happiness, and the psychological meaning of perfection, roundness, roundness and harmony have penetrated into people's souls, manifested in actions, and embodied the unique cultural values of the Chinese nation.

Second, social harmony.

Harmony is one of the core value pursuits of China traditional culture. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, people look forward to family reunion, neighborhood harmony, social stability, national unity, harmony between home and country, and harmony in the world to show their happiness. The original intention of reunion contains harmonious elements. If the reunion expands, there will be harmony among family, friends, relatives, communities, villages, nations, countries and the world.

A very important function of traditional festivals is to bring people closer together. Our ancestors were very good at using traditional festivals like Mid-Autumn Festival to eliminate misunderstandings, estrangements, close relationships and promote harmony. For example, through group worship, visiting relatives and other ceremonial activities, maintain close relations with people around you; Through the development of festival parades and competitions, inner feelings and expectations can be released, and emotional dependence and spiritual communication between members from different regions can be enhanced, thus making interpersonal relationships more harmonious and social order more stable. People want our country to be harmonious, our society to be harmonious and orderly, our country to be harmonious but different, entrepreneurs to be harmonious, neighbors to be harmonious, businesses to be harmonious, people to be amiable, people to talk happily and criticism to be gentle and drizzly.

Third, be grateful for nature.

In ancient China, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk". The moon at night is to worship the moon god. In the eyes of the ancients, the moon is second only to the sun and has always been an important object of worship. It is recorded in the Book of Rites Sacrifice Law: "Night Moon Sacrifice." According to historical records, there was already an activity of "welcoming the cold in mid-autumn night" in the Zhou Dynasty. In the harvest season, we should not only worship the God of the land, but also worship the God of Yue Bai. Because the ancients thought that the harvest of grain could not be separated from the moon, if there was no moon to give dew and no moon to calculate the farming season, it would be impossible to harvest.

On the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival night, there is a big incense table at home, offering sacrifices such as moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums and grapes, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable. Watermelon must be cut into lotus shapes. Under the moon, put the moon statue in the direction of the moon, and the red candle burns high. The whole family takes turns in Yue Bai, and then the housewife cuts the reunion moon cakes. If people are laid off in advance, the number of people in the whole family will be counted, including those at home and those from other places. You can't lay off more or less, but the size should be the same. These customs reflect people's reverence and affection for the moon and nature. At the same time, the whole family, men, women and children, temporarily put down their jobs, enjoy cakes and the moon, talk about land and enjoy family happiness. This picture looks ordinary, but it can appreciate the fun and sweetness of civilian life and the beauty of China's human feelings.

Fourth, feelings of home and country.

Mid-Autumn Festival is the product of Chinese civilization, which has been passed down for thousands of years and is loved by Chinese children. It has enhanced the national feelings of all Chinese sons and daughters. Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, as long as they are from China, their hearts are connected. On this day, the people of China * * * wish the motherland well, hope the nation is good, and everyone is good. This is our cultural self-confidence, which has already been integrated into the blood and bone marrow. This traditional festival inspires our confidence in China's excellent traditional culture, yearns for the big family of the motherland, and inherits our national pride and deep patriotic feelings.

In China, the bright moon has never been an ordinary star. It carries a long history of myths and legends and profound cultural connotations. The memory of "One January night, a short pine hill", the expectation of "Wish people a long time, a thousand miles * * *" and the feeling of "I don't know where Qiu Si will fall tonight" are in the hearts of wanderers and Chinese children. The moon is a parent, a brother, a child and a lover, and it is the deep affection that Qianshan can't stop.

The traditional festival culture represented by Mid-Autumn Festival is the great historical and cultural heritage of our Chinese nation, which contains rich cultural connotations and is the condensation and assembly of the emotions, knowledge, wisdom and ethical norms of national members. It is not only the basis for our nation to create a new culture, but also a part of the life of our times. China's excellent traditional culture still has great practical value. We must attach importance to the preservation, protection and excavation of traditional festival cultural resources, so that the traditional culture of China can be carried forward continuously.

What are the spiritual connotations of Mid-Autumn Festival? As for the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, folklore experts say that it originated from the activities of "Autumn Newspaper" and "Moon Sacrifice" of the ancients. Among the folk stories, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon is probably the most influential one. There is also a saying that the Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to the land gods in ancient autumn. August 15 is the autumn harvest season, and every household should worship the land god (the ancient "autumn newspaper"), which has been passed down as a new holiday custom. In addition, there is a saying that the Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the moon. The Book of Rites Sacrifice Law stipulates: "Night Moon Sacrifice." According to historical records, in the Zhou Dynasty, there were activities such as "Mid-Autumn Night Facing the Cold" and "Autumn Equinox Late Moon (Yue Bai)". In the harvest season, we should not only worship the God of the land, but also worship the God of Yue Bai.

The customs of Yue Bai, Moon Appreciation, Moon Sacrifice and Moon Appreciation in Mid-Autumn Festival emphasize the harmony between man and nature. Later, in the long process of development, it also emphasized the harmony between people. Drinking is called "reunion wine", eating cakes is called "reunion cake", and sending moon cakes to each other. Recently, interpersonal harmony has been achieved. Reunion is the beautiful expectation of China people in past dynasties. Today's emphasis on "harmony" is actually the expression of "reunion" in the new historical period. The essence of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion reflects family ties. Now because the family structure is mostly a family of three, the family ties should extend from the family to the community, and people in the community can enjoy the fun of reunion through emotional exchange. In a word, the cultural connotation of Mid-Autumn Festival has developed into a beautiful wish to express happiness, harmony, abundance and well-being, and also a symbol of unity, reunion and celebration of harvest, and reunion is the most important connotation of Mid-Autumn Festival.