The custom implication of burning towers

The custom of burning towers means patriotism and longing for a better life.

The people under the rule of Yuan Dynasty were exploited and oppressed by Mongolian nobles in Yuan Dynasty. Unbearable, Anbaili taught the Red Scarf Army to launch an uprising with the intention of overthrowing the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. With the response of the whole country, the people of Chaoshan built a tower with tiles in an empty place on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, burning fierce fire as a signal of action, and began to prepare for the uprising together.

Since then, burning towers has become one of the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The worship ceremony before burning the tower is also a top priority. Under the leadership of the elders in the village, the altar was filled with tributes and firecrackers were set off to worship the moon and the tower god. It was not until three gongs and drums sounded that the burning of the tower officially began. Rice stalks are introduced into the tower, and rosin and liquor are added to ignite the tower. With the vigorous burning of the tower, there are still some places where folk songs are sung and dragon lanterns are played.

The ceremony of burning the tower may be very different, but the meaning of blessing is roughly the same. Burning towers is more like a signal sent by people to ancestors and gods, praying for a rich life and prosperous career.

Tower-shaped implication of combustion tower

The shape of the tile tower is "round tower", "square tower" and "polygonal tower". And each has its own auspicious meaning. For example, the round tower means "the Mid-Autumn Festival is full of people". Generally, people with relatives abroad build round towers, which are square like fields and hills, indicating that they extend in all directions; A polygonal tower means that there are many ways to make money and business is booming.

The technology of tower building is also very particular, including sealing and window shape. The "windows" on the window tower are square, diamond and plum blossom. The top of the tower is open, like a big chimney, with different sizes. The short ones are more than two meters high, the high ones are four or five meters high, and the diameters range from dozens of centimeters to more than one meter.