中秋博饼活动英语

Mid-Autumn Festival customs

Eat moon cakes

The most popular traditional custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival is to eat moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival. As the saying goes: "August 10th May is round, Mid-Autumn moon cakes are sweet and sweet". The term "moon cake" first appeared in the "Dream Lianglu" written by Wu Zimu in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a cake shaped food like Linghua cake. Later, people gradually combined the appreciation of the Mid-Autumn Festival with the taste of moon cakes, which implied the symbol of family reunion.

Enjoy the moon

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to eating moon cakes, our country has had the custom of appreciating the moon since ancient times. The Book of Rites records "Autumn month", that is, worship the moon god. To the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn night will be held to welcome the cold and sacrifice the moon. In the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn moon is more abundant, according to "Tokyo Menghua Record" records: "Mid-Autumn night, your home knot decoration pavilion, folk to occupy the restaurant to play".

The month

The Mid-Autumn Festival sacrifices to the moon, is one of the important ancient sacrifices of our country. "The Book of Rites" recorded: "The son of Heaven spring morning, autumn day month.  In the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor had the custom of offering sacrifices to the sun on the spring equinox, the earth on the summer solstice, the moon on the autumn equinox, and the sky on the winter solstice. With the passage of time, the sacrifice of the moon gradually spread to the folk, the day of the sacrifice of the moon, also moved from the autumn equinox to the nearest full moon - Mid-Autumn Festival.

Osmanthus drink

People often eat mooncakes and appreciate osmanthus flowers during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat various foods made of osmanthus flowers, such as pastries and candies.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the middle of the laurel, smelling the fragrant osmanthus, drinking a cup of laurel nectar wine, celebrating the family sweet, has become a kind of beautiful enjoyment of the festival. In modern times, people often take red wine instead.

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In ancient times, Zhejiang area in addition to the Mid-Autumn moon, tide is another Mid-Autumn festival. The custom of tide watching in the Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, and it has been described in detail in the Fu of Seven Fa by Encheng in the Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, the wind of the Mid-Autumn tide is more abundant. Zhu Tinghuan in Ming Dynasty and Wu Zimu in Song Dynasty also have records of tide watching. Song Dynasty poet Su Shi "August 15 to see the tide" : "Determined that the jade rabbit is very round, has been frost wind cold September. The message is heavy on the key of the door, and the night tide stays to the middle of the month." This poem is about the custom of tide watching during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Bo cake

The Mid-Autumn Festival cake is a unique moon cake culture, which is a unique Mid-Autumn Festival traditional activity in southern Fujian for hundreds of years. Legend is Zheng Chenggong to solve the Mid-Autumn Festival of the soldiers love, encourage morale, command Hongxu invention. People's emotional sustenment is poured into the cake activity, especially in Xiamen. Therefore, Minnan people always pay special attention to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even have a saying of "small Spring Festival, big Mid-Autumn Festival".

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On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is the custom of burning lights to help the moonlight. Nowadays, Huguang area is still useful tile tower on the tower burning lamp festival custom. In the south of the Yangtze River, there is a festival custom of making light boats. The modern Mid-Autumn Festival lamp is more popular. Today, Zhou Yunjin and He Xiangfei said in the article: "Guangdong lanterns are the most abundant, and each family uses bamboo lanterns ten days before the festival. Do fruit, birds and animals, fish and insects and 'celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival' and other words, paste color paper drawing a variety of colors.

The internal combustion candle of the Mid-Autumn night light is tied to a bamboo pole with a rope, which is high on the eaves or terraces, or a small light is built into a zigzag or a kind. Species shape, hanging in the high house, commonly known as' tree Mid-Autumn Festival 'or' vertical Mid-Autumn Festival '. The lamp hung by the rich and noble family is high, and the family gathers under the lamp to drink for joy. Ordinary people erect a flagpole and two lanterns, and also take their own happiness. The lights in the city are like a glass world." It seems that the scale of the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival seems to be second only to the Lantern Festival from ancient times. In the south of the Yangtze River, there is a custom of making light boats in the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then putting the boat lights in the water and flowing to the distance, which also sustenance people's good wishes.

Go on

Walking on the moon is relatively strange to most people, but walking on the moon is a custom activity that must be done on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, people were dressed in beautiful clothes, accompanied by three and five, or wandering the streets of the city, or boating on the Qinhuai River, or climbing to watch the moon, talking and laughing. It means that the moon is round and the person is round until the late night. In addition, in ancient times, walking the moon has the meaning of adding children. All married women who have not given birth to a son will visit the Confucius Temple on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then cross a bridge, which is said to have a "dream bear's joy" (meaning to give birth to a boy).

For the Lord rabbit

In ancient times, it is a tradition for every family to invite the rabbit Doll to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, just like the New Year. Please return to the rabbit doll to be placed on the conspicuous table, called the rabbit "rabbit doll", "rabbit grandma". And will use fruits and beans to worship the Jade rabbit, reward it to bring the well-being of the world, hope that the "rabbit doll" can bless the family safe and healthy. In the Qing Dynasty, the function of the rabbit doll has been changed from the worship of the moon to children's Mid-Autumn Festival toys. Nowadays, we can rarely see the rabbit doll in the market, generally as folk cultural relics in places like the folk museum exhibition, or in the arts and crafts store for sale.

吃月饼

中秋节最广的传统风俗就是中秋节吃月饼，俗话说：“八月十五月正圆，中秋月饼香又甜”。“月饼”一词，最早见于南宋吴自牧的《梦梁录》中，那时，它也只是像菱花饼一样的饼形食品。后来人们逐渐把中秋赏月与品尝月饼结合在一起，寓意家人团圆的象征。

赏月

在中秋节之夜，除了吃月饼，我国自古就有赏月的习俗。《礼记》记载“秋暮夕月”，即祭拜月神。到了周代，每逢中秋夜都要举行迎寒和祭月。在宋代，中秋赏月之风更盛，据《东京梦华录》记载：“中秋夜，贵家结饰台榭，民间争占酒楼玩月”。

祭月

中秋节祭月，是我国古代重要祭礼之一。《礼记》中记载：“天子春朝日，秋夕月。朝日以朝，夕月以夕。”在周朝，帝王有春分祭日、夏至祭地、秋分祭月、冬至祭天的习俗。随着时间的推移，祭月逐渐流传到民间，祭月的日子，也由秋分日移到了离秋分最近的满月日——中秋。

饮桂花酒

人们经常在中秋时吃月饼赏桂花，食用桂花制作的各种食品，以糕点、糖果最为多见。

中秋之夜，仰望着月中丹桂，闻着阵阵桂香，喝一杯桂花蜜酒，欢庆合家甜甜蜜蜜，已成为节日一种美的享受。到了现代，人们多是拿红酒代替。

观潮

在古代，浙江一带除中秋赏月外，观潮可谓是又一中秋盛事。中秋观潮的风俗由来已久，早在汉代枚乘的《七发》赋中就有了相当详尽的记述。汉以后，中秋观潮之风更盛。明朱廷焕《增补武林旧事》和宋吴自牧《梦粱录》也有观潮记载。宋代诗人苏轼《八月十五日看潮》：“定知玉兔十分圆，已作霜风九月寒。寄语重门休上钥，夜潮留向月中看。”这首诗写的就是中秋节观潮的风俗。

博饼

中秋节博饼是一种独特的月饼文化，是闽南地区几百年来独有的中秋传统活动。传说是郑成功屯兵时为解士兵的中秋相思之情、激励鼓舞士气，命部将洪旭发明的。博饼活动里倾注了人们的感情寄托，其中尤以厦门地区为甚。所以，闽南人总是对中秋节格外重视，甚至有“小春节，大中秋”的说法。

燃灯

中秋之夜，有燃灯以助月色的风俗。如今湖广一带仍有用瓦片叠塔于塔上燃灯的节俗。江南一带则有制灯船的节俗。近代中秋燃灯之俗更盛。今人周云锦、何湘妃《闲情试说时节事》一文说：“广东张灯最盛，各家于节前十几天，就用竹条扎灯笼。做果品、鸟兽、鱼虫形及‘庆贺中秋’等字样，上糊色纸绘各种颜色。

中秋夜灯内燃烛用绳系于竹竿上，高竖于瓦檐或露台上，或用小灯砌成字形或种。种形状，挂于家屋高处，俗称‘树中秋’或‘竖中秋’。富贵之家所悬之灯，高可数丈，家人聚于灯下欢饮为乐，平常百姓则竖一旗杆，灯笼两个，也自取其乐。满城灯火不啻琉璃世界。”看来从古至今中秋燃灯之俗其规模似乎仅次于元宵灯节。而在江南地区民间有在中秋节晚上制灯船的习俗，然后把做好的船灯放于水中，流向远方，同时也寄托着人们美好的祝福。