What is Mid-Autumn Festival and why do we eat mooncakes?
August 15th of every year is called Mid-Autumn Festival. What is Mid-Autumn Festival? Why do we eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival? As the eighth month of the lunar calendar arrives, the feeling of autumn becomes stronger. It sneaks in on a foggy dawn and disappears in the hot afternoon. What will the eighth month of the lunar calendar be like in 2019? Please visit Mr. Shui Mo's website for a more detailed introduction.What is Mid-Autumn Festival?The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest traditional festival in my country after the Spring Festival. The festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which happens to be the middle of the three autumns, hence the name "Mid-Autumn Festival", also known as the "Mid-Autumn Festival". Because this festival is in autumn and August, it is also called the "Autumn Festival", "August Festival" and "August Meeting". There is also a belief in praying for reunion and related festival activities, so it is also called the "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Festival". Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all centered around the "moon", it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival", "Moon Eve", "Moon-Chasing Festival", "Moon-Playing Festival" and "Moon-Worshiping Festival"; in the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "Duan Zheng Yue".Why do we eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?Eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional custom of the Han nationality. This traditional custom is still popular in various places. The Mid-Autumn Festival and mooncakes are closely linked. It can be said that this festival is the Mooncake Festival. Without mooncakes, it would lose its due charm, and mooncakes would have no "place" without the Mid-Autumn Festival. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone wants to taste the flavor of mooncakes.Legend has it that one Mid-Autumn Festival night when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was admiring the moon, he was invited by a Taoist priest to visit the Moon Palace. Chang'e was very happy to see the visitors from the mortal world, so she quickly invited them into the palace. She ordered the palace maids to bring out sweet and crispy fairy cakes for them to eat, and asked hundreds of palace maids to sing and dance in the courtyard before sending them out of the Moon Palace. After returning to the human world, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang secretly memorized the fairy's dance music and ordered people to arrange it into the beautiful and moving "Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Coat Music". He also ordered Er Yi to make Moon Palace Fairy Cake. Because this cake was originally a cake in the moon and its shape was like a full moon, people called it moon cake. The development history of moon cakes in my country:Mooncakes were originally made at home. The method of making mooncakes was recorded in Yuan Mei's Suiyuan Food List in the Qing Dynasty, and it was said that they "are not very sweet when eaten, but are fragrant, soft and smooth, with an unusual aftertaste."There is no way to verify when mooncakes were first sold on the market and how they developed from home production to workshops of a certain scale. However, according to existing literature, there were shops specializing in making and selling mooncakes in the Tang Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncake shops would set up stalls and decorate them with images of the Moon Palace and the Moon Cave to attract customers. As time went by, the production of mooncakes became more and more exquisite. Peng Zuzhang of the Qing Dynasty wrote in "Youzhou Shifengyin": "Moon Palace cakes are made of silver toads and purple palace shadows, and a pair of wax rabbits fill the world. I regret that Chang'e stole the medicine that year, and ran to Guanghan and could not return, and the jade oak stayed in vain." In modern times, mooncakes sold on the market are made more refined, with more colorful patterns on the surface, and their sale and production are no longer limited to mid-autumn festivals, but have become a traditional pastry produced in all seasons. The production and taste of the food vary from place to place, and each food has its own characteristics. People can choose what to eat according to their own preferences. Fortunes in life can be good or bad, and calculating the direction of your fortunes in advance can help you plan ahead and make your life smoother and brighter. Do you want to know when your good luck will come? Then take a look at the [ Excellent Calculation ] below, and may you have peace and happiness in your life! |
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