he origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival

Lunar August 15, is China's traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, also China's second largest after the traditional Spring Festival holiday. Also called Zhongqiu Festival, Tuan Yuanjie, Bayue Jie, China's Han ethnic majority and the traditional festivals, but also popular North Korea, Japan and Vietnam and other neighboring countries. Since the fall of 7, 8, 9 for three months (referring to Lunar New Year), the center in August, and 30 days in August, is the 15th center, known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. And so on nights when the air-ho, civil and more family reunion this evening, it is also called Tuan Yuanjie. Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient China autumn worship, the worship of the vulgar. "The Book of Rites," contains "the emperor spring Asahi, Qiuxi on. Asahi to North Korea, Xi Xi on to." Here "Xi," is on the meaning of worship. When a prototype of the Han dynasty and Tang, the Mid-Autumn Festival before the full moon of the prevalence of vulgar, and is scheduled for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Ouyang Chan (about 827 to 785 AD) in the "Chang'an Wanyue poem sequence," says: "August in the autumn. Meng final quarter before 15 at night and on the clouds. JI in heaven, both Han Shu, from In the number of months, the toad soul yen, Gu Yue Mid-Autumn Festival. " Mid-Autumn night, the moonlight Jiao Jie, Yuan Yue ancients regarded as the symbol of reunification, therefore, also known as the August 15 as "Tuan Yuanjie." Since ancient times, people used "Full Moon" and "indispensable," to describe "Beihuanlige", the guest of Youzai abroad, is pinning deeply months. Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's "Wang cited the first moon, bow to think of home," Du Fu's "Tonight exposed from the white, is the home of the" Song of Wang Anshi, "Green's spring and south coast, as the moon when I" poem , Song is eternal. Mid-Autumn Festival and the Lantern Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival and known as China's three major traditional festival. Study of the source of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and "Changebenyue", "Wu Gang cutting-gui", "Yutu chopped medicine", and other myths and legends are closely related. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival and Moon folk customs and more relevant. The full moon, worship, eat moon cakes, and other reunion, are derived from this. Etiquette ancient emperors have spring, autumn festival on the social system, there are private houses on the style of the Mid-Autumn Festival, to the later emphasis on the full moon festival, the solemn ritual has become easy Huanyu. Mid-Autumn festival in the custom of the Tang Dynasty Jisheng, many poets have in the Mingpian Wing on the poem, the Song Dynasty, the Ming dynasty, the Qing court and civil worship on the scale of the full moon more activities. China has around the remains of many "altar of worship," "worship, kiosks," "Mochizuki floor," the monument. Beijing's "altar," is that Jiajingnianjian to build on the Royal Festival. Whenever the Mid-Autumn Moon rises, located in the open air, moon cakes, pomegranates, melons and fruits, such as for the Zaozai Zhuoan, Baidoa, after which the whole family sitting Wei Zhuo, Bianchi Bian talk Here the moon. Now, the festival of worship activities has been on a grand scale, diverse recreational activities of the masses replaced by the full moon. Moon cakes is another holiday custom, moon cakes symbolize reunion. Moon cakes from the production of more sophisticated since the Tang Dynasty. Su Dongpo wrote a poem: "Xiaobing, such as chewing, in Crisp and Yi," Qing Yang Guang Fu wrote: "eat moon cakes with peach Rouxian, build sugar sweet cream ice cream." It seems that at the time of moon cakes and is now quite close. Usually there are many stresses, the Mid-Autumn Festival from Changebenyue story. According to historical records: "Xi Chang west of the Queen Mother's death served a drug, then on to Ben on fine." Chang'e This is the price paid by the impunity for forced labour and human life can not return. Li Bai's quite sad that end, writing a poem: "rabbit chopped-Autumn Fu-chun, F-e solitary habitat through the neighborhood with whom» "Chang'e Suijueyuegong their own good, but also lost its lonely, in August of each year 10 May won the night-time and return to the earth and Fu Jun reunion, but must return to the Yuegong before dawn. After the people of the world during the Mid-Autumn Festival, we would like to land on the moon and the Chang'e-1, also hope that the Chang'e Xiafan Yidufangrong. Therefore, many people worship in Fenxiang months, to pray for "men are willing to step back Chan Gong, Gao Pan cents Guangxi…… women were willing to look Chang'e, a round as Haoyue." Year after year, the people of this day as a holiday to celebrate. Some people believe that by the Tang Minghuang Mid-Autumn Festival is the beginning of the full moon. Tang Dynasty, "Kaiyuan Yi Shi," a book recorded: in Qiuye, Tang Minghuang Yang Chung-kai, on the lower reaches of playing in, swam to-hing, they simply goes login Yuegong, Tang Minghuang Yuegong also learned the second part of "Nisang Hagoromo", Later added integrity, as handed down to the. Tang Minghuang obsession Yuegong this trip, this time a year, need a full moon. People have to follow suit, the full moon when gathered together to enjoy the beauty of the world. In time, has become a tradition inherited. And it was suggested that the Mid-Autumn Festival originally was to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty anniversary of the first intifada. In the late Yuan Dynasty, the ordinary people unbearable officials of the rule, in the Mid-Autumn Festival season, to write a "scrap of Tartar, eliminate the Yuan dynasty; August 15-the families hands," the note in the possession of small round cake chrome good with each other pass. By August 15 night, every household-hands, one stroke overthrew the Yuan dynasty rule. Later, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, eat moon cakes to commemorate this historic victory. It was also proposed, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the origin of the agricultural production. Autumn is the season of harvest. "Autumn" is the word of explanation: "Qiu said the crops mature." August Mid-Autumn Festival, and various fruit crops have matured, farmers in order to celebrate the harvest, expressing the feelings of joy, "Moonlight" this day as a holiday. "Moonlight" is the middle of the meaning of the autumn, the Chinese autumn middle of August is the month, 15 months is the middle of the day. "Zhou Li," appeared in the Mid-Autumn term, but it is not referring to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the first 12 months of autumn. Han is "Autumn Festival", Liqiu time in the day, nor August 15, the category of the Tang dynasty, there are 4:12 seasonal records, nor did the Mid-Autumn Festival, but have emerged in the Tang Dynasty "in Qiuyue . " "In mid-August Moon Above Zhengyuan, Song Jun-yin on the ship Mulan" (Weizhuang "sent to the scholar Li Jingxi"). The first clear record of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the Southern Song Dynasty were Wu finish his "dream beam of" the book said: "August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival, the San-Qiu A half-day, so that the 'Moonlight' . This night in the moonlight that often times, and that the 'on Xi'. "Book also describes the Kyoto Lin'an the Southern Song Dynasty (now Hangzhou) of the full moon Guangye Shi success.