What to do during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Is it unlucky to move house the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?
Introduction: Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the important traditional festivals. So what to do during Mid-Autumn Festival? Is it unlucky to move the day before Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020? In the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the moon is clear in the cold pond; in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the wind is clear and the air is refreshing, and the osmanthus fragrance is in the air; in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the world is colorful and the harvest is abundant. Come to Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 2020.What to do during Mid-Autumn Festival?Mid-Autumn Festival Activities: Playing with LanternsThere are many games and activities during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the first of which is playing with lanterns. Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major lantern festivals in my country, and playing with lanterns is a must during the festival. Of course, there is no large-scale lantern festival during the Mid-Autumn Festival like the Lantern Festival. Playing with lanterns is mainly done among families and children. As early as in the Northern Song Dynasty's "Wulin Jiushi", there was a record of the Mid-Autumn Festival customs, which included releasing a "little red" lantern into the river for drifting and fun. Playing with lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival is mostly concentrated in the south. For example, at the Foshan Autumn Color Fair, there are all kinds of colorful lanterns: sesame lanterns, eggshell lanterns, wood shavings lanterns, straw lanterns, fish scale lanterns, husk lanterns, melon seed lanterns, as well as bird, animal, flower and tree lanterns, which are amazing. In Nanning, Guangxi, in addition to various lanterns made of paper and bamboo for children to play with, there are also very simple pomelo lanterns, pumpkin lanterns, and orange lanterns. The so-called pomelo lamp is made by hollowing out a pomelo, carving a simple pattern on it, threading a rope through it, and lighting a candle inside. The light is elegant. Pumpkin lanterns and orange lanterns are also made by removing the pulp. Although simple, it is easy to make and is very popular. Some children even float the pomelo lanterns into ponds and rivers for games. Guangxi has simple household autumn lanterns, which are made of six bamboo circles tied together, covered with white gauze paper on the outside, and candles inserted inside. They are hung next to the moon worship table for moon worship, and can also be given to children to play with. Nowadays, many areas in Guangdong and Guangxi arrange lantern festivals on Mid-Autumn Night, making large modern lanterns illuminated by electric lights, and various new lanterns made of plastic for children to play with, but they lack the simple beauty of the old lanterns. Mid-Autumn Festival activities: Vertical Mid-Autumn Festival In some places in Guangdong, there is an interesting traditional custom during the Mid-Autumn Festival called "Tree Mid-Autumn Festival". "Shu" (tree) also means "vertical", which means the lanterns are erected high, so it is also called "Vertical Mid-Autumn Festival". With the help of their parents, the children make rabbit lanterns, star fruit lanterns or square lanterns out of bamboo paper, hang them horizontally on short poles, and then erect them on tall poles. When they are held high, the colorful lights shine, adding another scene to the Mid-Autumn Festival. The children often compete with each other to see who can put up the tallest, most, and most exquisite lanterns. At night, the whole city is lit up like stars, competing with the bright moon in the sky to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mid-Autumn Festival Activities: Playing Lu Zai " Shua Lu Zai" was a very popular children's game during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the past. A pomelo shell was used to carve a pattern with a lantern hung in the middle. Children would play in groups, or carry lanterns in the shapes of animals, melons and fruits, and walk along the street, singing "Shua Lu Zai, Shua Lu Er, light the lanterns. Those who know culture value culture, reading is the most important thing in the world, don't say that articles are useless, as the ancients said, a word is worth a thousand gold, and noble people will come from books..." After having fun, the children would disperse and go home to eat moon cakes, fruits and the like. Mid-Autumn Festival activities: making lanterns In ancient times in Guangdong, when the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, children, with the help of their parents, would make rabbit lanterns, star fruit lanterns or square lanterns out of bamboo paper. In addition, many children use fruit peels to make lanterns. "In addition, there are papaya lanterns, banana lanterns, etc. The simplest one is the 'grapefruit peel lantern', which can be made by children in almost every household. In addition to being used to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, couples also hold lanterns and snuggle up to admire the moon. Mid-Autumn Festival activities: burning incense sticks In Jiangsu, people burn incense sticks on Mid-Autumn Festival night. The incense burner is covered with gauze and painted with the scenery of the Moon Palace. There are also incense burners made of incense sticks, with paper-made Kuixing (the star of heaven) and colorful flags inserted on them. There is also a custom of burning incense in Shanghai folks. Mid-Autumn Festival Activities: Fire Dragon Dance Dancing the fire dragon is the most traditional custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong. Starting from the evening of the 14th day of the eighth lunar month every year, a grand fire dragon dance event is held in the Tai Hang area of Causeway Bay for three consecutive nights. This fire dragon is more than 70 meters long, with a dragon body made of 32 sections of pearl grass and filled with longevity incense. On the night of the event, the streets and alleys of the district were bustling with winding, undulating fire dragons dancing to the light and dragon drum music. Mid-Autumn Festival Activities: Listening to Incense Listening to incense is an ancient Mid-Autumn Festival custom that has been popular in Taiwan. In ancient times, young girls who wanted to find a good partner would first burn incense and worship before the gods at home, tell their worries, and pray to the gods to point them in the direction of the incense. Then, they would follow the direction indicated and remember the first words they heard accidentally or overheard on the road. When they got home, they would throw the dice to judge whether the divination was good or bad. For example, when divining about life events, if you hear things like eating sweet cakes, blooming flowers, or a full moon, it means a good omen and happiness is approaching. Burning Tower Mid-Autumn Festival Activities: Lighting Pagoda Lanterns Mid-Autumn Festival Lanterns are quite different from Lantern Festival Lanterns. Pagoda lanterns are lit on Mid-Autumn Night and are mainly popular in the south. Pagoda lanterns are lanterns made in the shape of a pagoda by village children using rubble they pick up. In the Qing Dynasty, villagers in Suzhou used tiles to build a seven-story pagoda in the wilderness, enshrined Ksitigarbha in the middle and lit lamps around it, which were called "pagoda lamps." Children in Guangzhou light "Fan Tower Lanterns" made of broken tiles; there are also pomelo peel lanterns, which are made of red pomelo peels with various figures and flowers carved into them, with a colored glaze lamp placed in the middle, emitting red light. In addition, the game of burning tile lamps (also known as burning flower towers, burning tile towers, and burning foreign towers) is widely spread in the south, and is popular in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. As recorded in Volume 5 of the Records of the Customs of China, in Jiangxi Province, "On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, children usually pick up tiles outside and pile them into a round tower with many holes. At dusk, they put the tower in the firewood under the bright moon and burn it. When the tiles are red hot, they pour kerosene on them to add fuel to the fire. In an instant, the whole area is red and as bright as day. They don't douse the fire until late at night when no one is watching. This is called burning tile lamps." The burning tile tower in Chaozhou, Guangdong, is also a hollow tower made of bricks and tiles, filled with tree branches and set on fire. At the same time, incense piles are burned, which means piling up firewood and burning it after the moon worship is over. The burning of foreign towers in the border areas of Guangxi is a similar activity. There is also a "burning tower" activity in Jinjiang, Fujian. Is it unlucky to move house the day before Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?Lunar calendar: August 14, 2020 Gregorian calendar: September 30, 2020, Wednesday, Libra [Today's old almanac is suitable] Marry, build, travel, excavate, litigate, break ground, start drilling, end mourning, bury, accept marriage, move into house , offer sacrifices, pray for blessings, seek heirs, remove migration, receive wealth, erect pillars, raise beams, receive livestock, and settle lawsuits, open business, build houses, and govern roads [Today's old almanac is unsuitable] Plant, dig canals, release water, seek medical treatment, take up office, build meridians and embankmentsSince moving into new house is included in the content of [Today’s Almanac], it is auspicious to move on the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020! Marriage is one of the most important things in life, and the traditional method of matching marriages is still very practical. 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