Simple and beautiful Mid-Autumn Festival handwritten newspaper

Simple and beautiful Mid-Autumn Festival handwritten newspaper

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, a variety of festival activities have been formed since ancient times, including popular customs generally accepted in various places, as well as customs with regional characteristics and ethnic customs. Let's watch the simple and beautiful Mid-Autumn Festival handwritten newspaper with me. Welcome to refer to it!

Mid-Autumn Festival custom

The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. In China's lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon on August 15th is rounder and brighter than the full moons in other months, so it is also called "Moon Night" and "August Festival". On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky like jade, and naturally look forward to family reunion. Wanderers who are far away from home also take this opportunity to pin their thoughts on their hometown and relatives. Therefore, Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival".

In the Tang Dynasty, it was quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the northern song dynasty. On the night of August 15th, people all over the city, rich and poor, old and young, put on adult clothes, burn incense and express their wishes to Yue Bai, and pray for the blessing of the moon god. In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave mooncakes to each other, which meant reunion. In some places there are activities such as dancing grass dragons and building pagodas. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival has become more popular. Many places have formed special customs such as burning incense, planting Mid-Autumn Festival trees, lighting tower lanterns, putting sky lanterns, walking on the moon and dancing dragon.

1. Eating moon cakes

Eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is the same as eating zongzi in the Dragon Boat Festival and dumplings in the Lantern Festival. It is said that there was a custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Tang Dynasty, but it was in the Song Dynasty that moon cakes were associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival as a food name. The royal Mid-Autumn Festival in the Northern Song Dynasty likes to eat a kind of "palace cake", which is commonly known as "small cake" among the people. Su Dongpo has a poem saying: "Small cake is like chewing the moon, with crispness and pulp in it." Zhou Mi, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, first mentioned the name of "moon cake" in Old Wulin. Legend has it that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, people also used moon cakes to convey anti-meta information, indicating that moon cakes had entered the homes of ordinary people at that time and became a necessary food for the Mid-Autumn Festival. For a long time, Chinese people have accumulated rich experience in making moon cakes. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bakers had printed fairy tales such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon on moon cakes as food art drawings. A scholar in Qing Dynasty described it as "moon cakes filled with peach stuffing and ice cream with sugar cream", which seems quite similar to the present moon cakes. In modern times, with workshops specializing in making moon cakes, the production of moon cakes is more elaborate, with exquisite fillings and beautiful appearance, and it is also divided into different flavors such as flat style, Soviet style, Guangdong style and desktop style. As a symbol of auspiciousness and reunion, moon cakes are entrusted with people's good wishes, and the custom of eating and sending moon cakes has continued to this day.

2. Appreciating the Moon

Since ancient times, China has had the custom of offering sacrifices to and appreciating the moon. In the Zhou Dynasty, activities of welcoming the cold and offering sacrifices to the moon were held every mid-autumn night. The custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is very popular in the Tang Dynasty, and many poets have poems about the moon in their masterpieces. By the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was more popular to enjoy the moon. On this day, "your family decorated the pavilions and the people competed for the restaurant to play with the moon". The activities of enjoying the moon in Yue Bai in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were more extensive. So far, there are many monuments such as "Yue Bai Altar", "Moon Pavilion" and "Moon Tower" in various parts of China. Literati and scholars have a special liking for moon viewing. They either go upstairs to get the moon or go boating to invite the moon, drink wine and write poems, leaving many famous poems. For example, Du Fu's "jathyapple on August 15th" uses the bright moon symbolizing reunion to contrast his wandering worries in a foreign land; Su Shi, a literary giant in the Song Dynasty, was drunk in the Mid-Autumn Festival and wrote "Water Tune Song Tou", which is a metaphor for people's clutch by the lack of the moon. To this day, it is still one of the essential activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival for the whole family to sit together and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the bright moon in the sky.

In addition to enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes, people in different regions also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival according to their own regional traditions and social customs, forming different customs with strong local characteristics. For example, the Mid-Autumn Festival is popular in many southern regions, and male prostitute is popular in old Beijing. In addition, there are Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangzhou, burning towers in Anhui, dancing dragon in Hong Kong, etc. Many ethnic minorities also have Mid-Autumn Festival customs such as jumping on the moon and Yue Bai, which greatly enrich our traditional festival culture.

3. Ciba

Eating Ciba in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2, years ago, and it is a traditional custom that people have spread to this day in memory of Wu Zixu, the general of Chu. Ciba is a kind of keepsake and holy food. Ciba in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August means that every family is United, happy and lucky. Sticking together, Zanba symbolizes the harmony and unity of the whole family; The sweetness of Ciba symbolizes the sweetness and happiness of life; Even if you take a nap early in the morning, the earlier you get up, the greater the harvest in the coming year; Ciba is round in size, which symbolizes people's "predestination", celebration, auspiciousness and reunion; Of course, eating round Ciba naturally symbolizes that the whole family is kind, round and round, and safe.

4. Pomegranate

The Mid-Autumn Festival is when pomegranate is ripe. Because it is as red as agate, as white as crystal, and its entrance is like crystal grain jade paste, pomegranate has become one of the offerings on the table, symbolizing longevity, reunion and auspiciousness. When this thing is not peeled off, its playability is greater than its visibility. It is cool, round and smooth when touched in the hand, and its visibility is greater than its edibility after peeling off, just like small gems gathered together, which looks good. It also means a reunion.

5. Mai Jian

On August 15th, farmers in Qingyun County, Shandong Province offered sacrifices to the God of Tugu, which was called "Young Miao Society". Zhucheng, Linyi, Jimo and other places have to pay homage to their ancestors in addition to the moon. Landlords in guanxian, Laiyang, Guangrao and Postal City also entertain tenants in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Jimo Mid-Autumn Festival eats a festive food called "Wheat Arrow". Wheat arrow is a kind of festive food eaten in Jimo Mid-Autumn Festival. It is first spread into pancakes with white flour, then added with meat stuffing or vegetarian stuffing, and then rolled into a tube with straw for steaming, and seasoned when eating, which is very delicious.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history. Like other traditional festivals, it has developed slowly. Ancient emperors had a ritual system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. As early as the book Zhou Li, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was recorded. Later, nobles and scholars followed suit. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, they watched and worshipped the bright and round moon in the sky, expressing their feelings. This custom spread to the people and formed a traditional activity. Until the Tang Dynasty, people paid more attention to this custom of sacrificing the moon, and the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. The Book of Tang Taizong recorded the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, which was popular in the Song Dynasty.

Mid-Autumn Festival myths and legends

The legends of Mid-Autumn Festival are very rich, and myths such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang's felling of laurel and Jade Rabbit's smashing medicine are widely spread.

One of the Mid-Autumn Festival legends-the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

According to legend, in ancient times, there were ten days in the sky at the same time, and the crops died in the sun, and the people were miserable. A hero named Hou Yi had infinite strength. He sympathized with the suffering people, climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain, took full advantage of his divine power, opened his bow, shot down more than nine suns in one breath, and ordered the last sun to rise and fall on time to benefit the people.

Hou Yi was respected and loved by the people. He married a beautiful and kind wife named Chang 'e. In addition to hunting, Hou Yi spent all his time with his wife, and people envied this beautiful and loving couple.

Many people with lofty ideals have come here to study as teachers, and Feng Meng, who has ulterior motives, has joined in.

One day, Hou Yi went to Kunlun Mountain to visit friends and seek the Tao. He happened to meet the Queen Mother who passed by and asked her for a pack of elixir. It is said that taking this medicine can instantly ascend to heaven and become immortal. However, Hou Yi could not bear to leave his wife, so he had to give the immortal medicine to Chang 'e for the time being. Chang 'e hid the medicine in the treasure box of the dresser, only to be seen by the villain Feng Meng, who wanted to steal the elixir and become immortal himself.

Three days later, Hou Yi led his followers out hunting, and Feng Meng, who had ulterior motives, pretended to be ill and stayed. Soon after Hou Yi led the crowd away, Feng Meng broke into the backyard of the inner house with a sword in his hand, threatening Chang 'e to hand over the elixir. Chang 'e knew that she was no match for Feng Meng. When she was in a crisis, she made a decisive decision, turned around and opened the treasure box, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp. Chang 'e swallowed the medicine and immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window and flew to the sky. Because Chang 'e was concerned about her husband, she flew to the nearest moon and became a fairy.

In the evening, Hou Yi came home, and the maids cried about what happened during the day. Hou Yi was both surprised and angry, and drew his sword to kill the villains. Feng Meng fled early. Hou Yi was so angry and heartbroken that he looked up at the night sky and called for the name of his beloved wife. At this time, he was surprised to find that today's moon was exceptionally bright and bright, and there was a swaying figure resembling Chang 'e. He chased after the moon desperately, but he chased three steps, the moon retreated three steps, he retreated three steps, and the moon advanced three steps, but he couldn't catch up with him anyway.

Hou Yi was helpless and missed his wife, so he had to send someone to Chang 'e's favorite back garden, set up a table incense, put on her favorite honey and fresh fruit, and pay a tribute to Chang 'e in the moon palace. After hearing the news that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon became an immortal, people set up incense tables under the moon to pray for good luck and peace to the kind Chang 'e.

Since then, the custom of Yue Bai in Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.

Legend No.2 of Mid-Autumn Festival-WU GANG's laurel

There is another legend about Mid-Autumn Festival: It is said that the laurel tree in front of the Guanghan Palace on the moon grows luxuriantly, with a height of more than 5 feet. There is a man who often cuts it down below, but every time he cuts it down, the cut place is closed immediately. For thousands of years, this laurel tree can never be cut down. It is said that this tree-chopping man named WU GANG, a native of Xihe, Han Dynasty, once followed the immortal to the heaven, but when he made a mistake, the immortal relegated him to the Moon Palace, and did this kind of futile drudgery every day to show his punishment. In Li Bai's poems, there is a record that "if you want to be in the middle of the moon, you will pay for the cold."

the third legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival-Zhu Yuanzhang and the moon cake uprising

It is said that eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the broad masses of people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class in the Yuan Dynasty and rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang joined forces with various resistance forces to prepare for the uprising. However, the officers and men of the court searched very closely and it was very difficult to pass on the news. Strategist Liu Bowen came up with a plan and ordered his subordinates to hide the note containing the "August 15th night uprising" into the cake, and then sent someone to send it to the uprising troops in various places separately to inform them to respond to the uprising on August 15th night. On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded together, such as single spark can start a prairie fire.

Soon, Xu Da captured the capital of Yuan Dynasty, and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he quickly gave a message that all the soldiers would have fun with the people in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, and he would give the "moon cakes" that were sent in secret when he started fighting that year as seasonal cakes to his ministers. Since then, the production of "moon cakes" has become more and more elaborate, with more varieties, such as discs, and has become a good gift. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of eating moon cakes spread among the people.

Ancient Poems of Mid-Autumn Festival

Li Bai: Thinking about a Quiet Night

so bright a gleam on the foot of my bed, could there have been a frost already?.

lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight, sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home.

Liu Fangping: On a moonlit night

It's half a house with a deeper moonlight, and the big dipper is dry and inclined to the south.

tonight, I know it's warm in spring, and the sound of insects is fresh through the green window screen.

Li shangyin: Chang' e

the mica screen has a deep candle shadow, and the long river is gradually sinking.

Chang 'e should regret stealing the elixir.

(Tang) Li Pu: Mid-Autumn Festival

When the mirror rises in the sky, there is silence between the clouds;

a round of equal shares is full, and it is accompanied by thousands of miles of clouds;

The sly rabbit falls from the string, and the demon frog comes to life.

Lingcha plans to join hands with each other until the Milky Way is completely clear.

Mid-Autumn Festival Composition 1

With the waves of cool autumn wind coming, we finally ushered in the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China, and it is also a time for family reunion.

It is said that the moon is particularly round and bright on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Every family likes to sit together and enjoy the moon while eating moon cakes. It is said that eating moon cakes is like a sign of family reunion. This traditional custom has been in my hometown for hundreds of years.

Our family gathered on the balcony early this evening to enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes. There are all kinds of moon cakes on the table, such as bean paste moon cakes, fruit moon cakes, fire moon cakes ... and all kinds of sweets. The moon gradually rose to the golden full moon in the sky, as if it were a big moon cake, the breeze blowing our hair, and my mother's hand stroking my head gently. At this time, my grandmother, who had been working all day, began to tell us many fairy stories such as "WU GANG delimiting the laurel", "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" and "Jade Rabbit tinkering with medicine". Listen to grandma's story and look at the full moon in the sky. I feel as if I have entered the role.

At this time, my father, who was drinking tea, also picked up the conversation. He pointed to the full moon and said, "Do you think WU GANG is cutting down osmanthus trees in the middle of the month?" I looked up, and it really seemed that there was a man chopping down a tree in the middle of the month. Dad took another sip of tea and said with a smile, "It took WU GANG a year to cut a leaf from the osmanthus tree. When it fell from the sky, it became Jin Yezi. Jin Yezi will fall at the door of the most hardworking family in the world, and this family will get rich. So when you grow up, hard work is wealth." Listening to my father's story, I once again entered my imagination. I seem to see the sweet-scented osmanthus leaves fluttering down from the sky and just landed at my door ...

This year is really a very happy Mid-Autumn Festival. It's just that time is in a hurry, and it's getting deeper and deeper in a blink of an eye. I finally reluctantly walked into the room.

Mid-Autumn Festival Composition 2

"I wish people a long life, and thousands of miles away." Today is the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which is a traditional festival in China. At this time of year, wanderers who are far away from their hometown will return to their hometown and reunite with their families, so it is also called the Reunion Festival.

it's breezy, and autumn is cool. The chill in the air made pedestrians on the road shudder. And our home is full of heat waves.

Adults gather around and talk about interesting things around them, while children are fighting and singing about each other's happiness. At this time, mom and grandma "made their debut" and started making moon cakes with their tools. Doing it while worrying about the children at home. But we don't care. When we see the finished moon cakes, we secretly take them out and share them with our friends. And my mother is still depressed: "Hey! Why is one of the moon cakes I just made missing? "We saw it and snickered in the room.

Dinner has started. Although it is not as rich as it was during the Spring Festival, it is better than a lively atmosphere. At the dinner table, both adults and children are giving in to each other. "Here, eat more to grow up. "Thank you, you also eat more, a busy day. ""eat more, this dish is delicious. "Thank you, thank you! ”。 Such an atmosphere, such greetings, make me immersed in happiness, let me cherish this reunion moment.

after dinner, everyone moved to the window to enjoy the moon. At this time, the round moon is sandwiched between dazzling stars and embedded in the dark blue night. This scene is extremely harmonious, quite a bit of ink painting charm, beautiful and dynamic.