Why do we appreciate the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Is it a bad idea to get engaged on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?

Why do we appreciate the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Is it a bad idea to get engaged on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?
Introduction: There are many customs during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and moon-watching is one of them. So why do we watch the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Is it a bad idea to get engaged on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020? The eighth month of the lunar calendar is also called "Mid-Autumn", and every autumn rain brings a chill. Shuimoxiansheng.com will accompany you through every day of the eighth lunar month of 2020.

Why do we appreciate the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

The custom of moon-watching originated from the moon-worshipping ceremony, and the solemn worship turned into a relaxing entertainment. It is said that the moon is closest to the earth on this night and appears largest, roundest and brightest, so there has been a custom of feasting and appreciating the moon since ancient times. A daughter-in-law who returns to her parents' home must return to her husband's home on this day to symbolize perfection and auspiciousness.
Written records of folk activities of watching the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival appeared in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but it did not become a custom.
By the Tang Dynasty, appreciating and playing with the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was quite popular, and many famous poems by poets contain verses about the moon.

Wouldn’t it be a good idea to get engaged on the second day of Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?

Lunar calendar: August 16, 2020 Gregorian calendar: October 2, 2020, Friday, Libra [Today's old almanac is suitable] Pray for blessings, get married, build a stove, break ground, start drilling, repair graves, bury, resolve medical treatment, lawsuits, accept marriage proposals, build wells, plant, build houses, erect beams and pillars, worship and capture [Today's old almanac is unsuitable] Return home, travel, set up beds, open the market, establish bonds, receive wealth, ship goods, move into houses, separate, open warehouses
Since Nacai is included in the content of [Today’s Old Almanac], the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 is suitable for engagement! Mid-Autumn Festival customs: eating mooncakes
Mooncakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes, palace cakes, reunion cakes, etc., were offerings to the moon god during the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times.
Mooncakes were originally used as offerings to the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded the Mid-Autumn Festival moon-watching and mooncake tasting as a symbol of family reunion.
Mooncakes symbolize reunion, and people regard them as festive food, using them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.
Today, eating mooncakes has become an essential custom for celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. People eat mooncakes on this day to show "reunion".

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