What are the customs of Henan Mid-Autumn Festival?

The customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Henan include: lighting lanterns on iron towers, steaming moon cakes, etc.

1. Iron Tower Lantern Burning

The Iron Tower Lantern Burning is an important Mid-Autumn Festival activity in Kaifeng area. Kaibao Temple, where the iron tower is located, has beautiful scenery. It is an important place for Buddhist activities and a playground for people. Burning lanterns is a custom inherited by the people of Kaifeng since the Han Dynasty. It is most popular during the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival every year.

2. Steamed moon cakes

In the past, every family in Tangyin would steam moon cakes. When the moon rose above the treetops on Mid-Autumn night, they began to offer moon cakes, fruits and the like to the moon. Since the reform and opening up, due to the people's economic prosperity, there are many varieties of mooncakes on the market. Most families no longer steam mooncakes, but offer purchased mooncakes and fruits. After the offering, mooncakes should be distributed to family members for auspicious reunion.

A good place to visit during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Henan

1. Riverside Garden during Qingming Festival

The scenic area covers an area of ??more than 600 acres, including 180 acres of water surface and more than 50 ancient ships of various sizes. There are more than 400 houses and a landscape construction area of ??more than 30,000 square meters, forming the largest group of imitation Song Dynasty ancient buildings in the Central Plains. It has become an important scenic spot on the Great Yellow River tourist route in the Central Plains. The Qingming Shanghe Garden has simple and elegant architecture and beautiful scenic environment. A series of performances and entertainment projects of Northern Song Dynasty folk customs and market culture are integrated into the landscape, which is highly ornamental, entertaining and participatory.

2. Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes, Mogao Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes are also known as the four major grottoes in China. The Longmen Grottoes were excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Afterwards, large-scale construction continued for more than 400 years through the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song and other dynasties. They are 1 kilometer long from north to south. Today, there are 2,345 cave niches. There are more than 100,000 statues and more than 2,800 inscriptions on tablets.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Qingming Riverside Garden