Why do you burn pagodas during the Mid Autumn Festival? Any allusions?

First of all, the Mid-Autumn Festival burns the pagoda, it is the custom in Yangzhou City in the past, place a pair of lit candle pagoda lamps on the offering table, face the moonlight, burn incense and kowtow, sincerely worship the moon, and pray for family happiness. Then put out hearty foods such as moon cakes, persimmons, pomegranates, chicken heads, red lings, white lotus roots, peanuts, taro, pumpkins and so on according to the custom. The whole family sits around and admires the moon.

Secondly, the allusion to burning the pagoda comes from the ancient Tang Xuanzong's love for the Daming Temple Qiling Pagoda.

During the Tianbao period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong went out to Yangzhou in micro-clothes, and once saw the Qiling Pagoda of Yangzhou Daming Temple on the road, the unique architectural shape and ingenious structural design made Tang Xuanzong very appreciative and fond. Therefore, every time it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace is full of Yangzhou Qiling pagoda lamps. Because the pagoda lamp pierced by Yangzhou folk artists is completely made in accordance with the appearance of the Qiling Pagoda, so that the emperor can enjoy his favorite buildings in addition to the opportunity, chat to relieve fatigue, relax the mind, and love it very much.

Later, in order to cater to the emperor's love and express their pride in their hometown, every year to the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household went to buy pagoda lamps to pay homage to the moon, and used it as the mascot of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lighting the pagoda lamp to respect the moon is the unique custom of Yangzhou people, the tower lamp is made of paper, and there are also made of colored glass.

In the end, each custom has its own unique story, whether it is happy or sad, big or small, beautiful or evil, but no matter what, it is also the crystallization and inheritance of our Chinese culture. We need to protect it and pass it on from generation to generation.

Mid-Autumn night burning towers are also popular in some places. The height of the tower varies from 1 to 3 meters, it is mostly made of broken tiles, and the big tower is also made of bricks, which accounts for about 1 4 of the height of the tower, and then it is stacked with tiles, and a tower mouth is left at the top for putting fuel. The Mid-Autumn Festival will be lit and burned in the evening, the fuel has wood, bamboo, chaff, etc., and the rosin powder is poured when the fire is hot, and the flame is cheered, which is extremely spectacular.

There are also rules for the burning of the tower, whoever burns the tower to the red will win, and the one who does not reach or collapses in the burning process will lose, and the winner will be given a flag, bonus or prize by the host. It is rumored that the burning of the tower is also the origin of the Han people who rebelled against the tyrannical rulers in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty and raised fire during the Mid-Autumn Uprising.

1. The Mid-Autumn Festival to burn the pagoda is to commemorate a custom of resisting the Mongols of the Peishu Yuan Dynasty.

2. It is generally believed that the Mid-Autumn Festival burning tower began at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the Han people, who had been oppressed by the Mongol rulers, rose up against the drought and agreed to burn the tower on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month as a signal to revolt together. Another view is that the Mid-Autumn Festival burning tower originated from the commemoration of Wen Tianxiang.

The shape of the tile tower has "round tower", "square tower", "polygonal tower" and so on, and each has its auspicious meaning, such as the circular tower means "the moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival", generally there are relatives who travel abroad to build the round tower, the square tower is like a mound, into a square, meaning extending in all directions; The polygonal tower symbolizes a lot of money and a prosperous business.

The process of building the tower is also quite exquisite, with sealed type and window type. The "window" on the body of the window-shaped tower has square, diamond-shaped, plum blossom-shaped, etc., in a thousand forms, the top of the tower is open, like a big chimney, and its size is also different.

The short ones are more than two meters tall, and the tall ones are four or five meters high, with diameters ranging from tens of centimeters to more than one meter. In order to make the tower body ventilated and beautiful in shape, the large tile tower is often two thoughts of the right ant tiles together according to the "product" shape of the erection.

Note: The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, was stereotyped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival elements buried in it have ancient origins.

The Mid-Autumn Festival uses the full moon to reunite people, in order to express the feelings of missing hometown and relatives, praying for a bumper harvest and happiness, and becoming a colorful and precious cultural heritage.