What are the etiquette taboos for worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Mid-Autumn Festival related folk songs

What are the etiquette taboos for worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Mid-Autumn Festival related folk songs
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is round and big. There is a custom of appreciating the moon in every place on this day. In addition to simple moon-watching and chatting, there are also activities of worshiping the moon. What are the etiquette taboos for worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Folk songs related to Mid-Autumn Festival. Autumn is a season of harvest, with the fragrance of flowers and fruits everywhere. Every day should be happy in such a good season. Come to Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn about every day of the eighth lunar month in 2019.

What are the etiquette taboos for worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had customs such as worshiping the moon, appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, appreciating osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine. These customs have been passed down to this day and have lasted for a long time. The Mid-Autumn Festival, with the roundness of the moon symbolizing family reunion, is a way to express longing for hometown and loved ones, and to pray for a good harvest and happiness. It has become a rich and precious cultural heritage. The Mid-Autumn Festival is known as one of China's four major traditional festivals, along with the Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival and the Tomb-Sweeping Day.

——Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship etiquette: On the night of August 15th, when the moon appears, an incense table should be set up facing the moon. When arranging fruits, in addition to apples, grapes and other fruits, watermelon and moon cakes should also be placed, and the watermelon must be cut into a lotus shape. In addition, when everything is ready, you should bathe, burn incense, and pray to the moon with a very pious heart. The elderly, men, women, and children in the family should worship the moon in turn, and then burn moonlight paper, and cut a piece of each offering on the table and place it on the ground.
Note: The mooncakes should be cut by the housewife. The number of cuts should be determined according to the number of family members. Do not cut more or less.
——Taboo of moon worship: Not everyone can worship the moon. Before worshiping, you should first look at your fortune. If things have not been going well recently or your health is not very good, you should not go out to enjoy the moon or worship the moon. There are a series of taboos and legends about moon worship among the folks, such as you cannot point at the moon with your finger, your forehead cannot be covered by hair, etc. Although many of them are just folk sayings, they have also become a local custom.

Mid-Autumn Festival related folk songs

Nursery rhymes - "Worship the Moon Lady", "Chair Lady", "Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Worship Song", "Worship the Moon Lady", "The Whole Family Worships the Moon", "Mid-Autumn Night", "Sister Moon", "Moonlight", "Moon Cake"
Taiwanese folk songs - "Mid-Autumn Travel Thoughts", "Homesickness on a Moonlit Night", "Torment"

The moon is at its fullest on the 15th day of August, which was considered an auspicious and festive omen by the ancients, and they naturally developed a sense of awe towards the gods. From a mythological perspective, people at that time firmly believed in the legend that there were gods on the moon, especially the story of Chang'e flying to the moon, which was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Therefore, people set up incense tables under the moon and prayed to Chang'e. Since then, the custom of worshiping the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival has been passed down from generation to generation.

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