The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history. Like other traditional festivals, it developed slowly. The ancient emperors had a ritual system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. As early as Zhou Li, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was recorded. Later, nobles and scholars followed suit. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, they watched and worshipped the bright and round moon in the sky, expressing their feelings. This custom spread to the people and formed a traditional activity. Until the Tang Dynasty, people paid more attention to this custom of sacrificing the moon, and the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. The Book of Tang Taizong recorded the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, which was popular in the Song Dynasty.
It is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, but this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is particularly different. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are linked together, commonly known as "double festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival, is a kind of yearning and yearning for the family and the children far away, they hope that their thoughts can be turned into a voice so that the moon with thoughts passed to their loved ones.
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Eating moon cakes is also one of the customs. This mooncake was originally placed by Houyi for his wife Chang 'e as a sacrifice, but it was passed down by the people and became a must-eat food for the Mid-Autumn Festival. I guess Houyi probably did not expect that one of his acts of honoring his wife would be handed down by later generations. Of course, although Houyi Chang 'e is only a legend, but the legend is also people's wonderful conjecture of the past, isn't it?
For ordinary people, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a festival, but also a feeling of missing their relatives who are far away in a foreign land. Therefore, please cherish the present and treat your loved ones well!
Finally, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, a full moon and a reunion, and a stronger feeling. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and I wish you a happy and happy reunion.