The annual Lunar New Year in August 15th, is the traditional mid autumn festival. This is one of the mid autumn, so called mid autumn festival. In China calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, on a quarterly basis is divided into three parts Meng, season, and the Mid Autumn Festival is also known as the mid autumn. Fifteen of the moon in August than in other months more round full moon, the more bright, so they are called "the end of the month", "August festival". This night, people look up at the sky jade disk as the moon, will naturally look forward to family reunion. Away from home, to express their thoughts of home and family. Therefore, the Mid Autumn Festival is also called "the festival of reunion".
Chinese people have "autumn month" custom in ancient times. On the eve of that worship the goddess of the moon. To Zhou Dai, on the night of the mid autumn have held against cold and ceremonies. Large incense table, put the moon cake, watermelon, apple, red dates, plums, grapes and other offerings, cakes and watermelon is definitely not small. Also cut into the lotus shaped watermelon. In the moonlight, the gods on the moon, red candle high fuel, the whole family worship offering the moon, and then by the moon cake. Pre cut people who count the total number of good family, at home, in the field, must be considered together, can not cut more and no less cutting, to be the same size.
Legend has it that the ancient Qi no salt, religious worship the youth once, after be brought up, with superior character into the palace, but is not favour. In August fifteen the moon, the Emperor sees her in the moonlight, feeling that her beauty is outstanding, after she was queen, mid autumn worship to. Months for the moon, beauty, so willing to worship the girl, "seems like the moon, surface".
in the Tang Dynasty, the mid autumn moon, the moon is quite popular. In the Northern Song Dynasty imperial. In August fifteen night, city people, both rich and poor, old and young, must wear adult clothes, burn incense and worship say wish of praying to the moon god, bless. The Southern Song Dynasty, civil distinctions to cakes, take the meaning of reunion.In some places there is grass dragon dance, build pagodas and other activities. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of Mid Autumn Festival is more prevalent; many places formed a burning incense, the mid autumn trees, point tower lights, lantern, walk the moon, dance and other special customs.
today, many customs, the old has been far from popular. But hosted a dinner to celebrate the very popular, people ask the month to the wine, to celebrate Wonderfull Life, or wish distant relatives healthy, happy, and the family "partings".
many of the mid autumn festival custom, form is also each are not identical, but people are entrusted with the life of infinite love and longing for a better life.