What are the natural phenomena of the Mid Autumn Festival and what are the characteristics of the Mi

You also observe the changes in nature around the Mid-Autumn Festival:

1. The sunlight is almost direct to the equator, and the day and night are almost the same length. At this time, the temperature in the southern region generally dropped below 22, and it entered a cool autumn: one autumn rain and one cold.

2. The rainfall in most areas of the south is significantly reduced, and heavy rain and heavy rain generally rarely occur; However, the number of rainy days has increased, often with continuous rains and a higher rate of rain at night.

Mid-Autumn Festival customs:

Worshipping the moon is a very ancient custom in our country, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "moon god". In ancient times, there was the custom of "autumn twilight and sunset". The setting moon is to worship the moon god.

Since ancient times, in some parts of Guangdong, people have the custom of worshiping the moon god (moon worship, moonlight) on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

To worship the moon, set up a large incense case, and put moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums, grapes and other offerings. Under the moon, the "Moon God" tablet is placed in the direction of the moon, red candles are lit, and the whole family worships the moon in turn and prays for blessings.

Worship the moon and admire the moon, and remember the moon, expressing people's good wishes. As one of the important rituals of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon worship has continued from ancient times to the present, and has gradually evolved into folk moon appreciation and moon worship activities, and has also become the main form of modern people's desire for reunion and good wishes for life.

Mid-Autumn Festival, as the name suggests, is already in the middle of autumn, and from then on the weather will get colder and colder, and the leaves will become more and more yellow.

The Mid-Autumn Festival represents the harvest, when the grain is ripe.

You may not see the full moon this year, because of the weather.

Features of the Mid-Autumn Festival:

1. Osmanthus appreciation: In the Mid-Autumn Festival, it happens to be the time when the osmanthus is fragrant, and the osmanthus has always been associated with the moon in ancient times, and it has also given birth to a lot of myths and stories. As a precious variety, osmanthus also has a festive and auspicious symbol.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can enjoy the osmanthus flowers, smell the refreshing fragrance, feel the different tastes, and express the pursuit of a better life.

2. Moon appreciation: On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is one of the indispensable activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival for the family to sit together and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the bright moon in the sky. In ancient times, many poets and writers would also invite friends to admire the moon at this time, drink and write poems, leaving a lot of popular swan songs for the ages.

3. Eating moon cakes: Moon cakes are a necessary custom for the Mid-Autumn Festival in various parts of China, implying family reunion and longing. At the same time, mooncakes are also an important gift for friends to connect with each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

4. Sacrifice to the moon: On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is necessary to worship the moon god, set up incense cases, and put moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums, grapes and other sacrifices, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable, and watermelons should be cut into lotus shapes. It is very important to worship the moon in turn, and then have the housewife cut the moon cakes according to the population of the family.

5. Burning lamp: The Mid-Autumn Festival night light is tied to the bamboo pole with a rope, hanging high on the eaves or terrace, or using a small lamp to build a word to call the spike shape or various shapes, hanging in the height of the house, commonly known as the Mid-Autumn Festival or the vertical Mid-Autumn Festival. The lamp hung by the rich house can be scattered several feet high, the family gathers under the lamp to drink for fun, and the ordinary people erect a flagpole and two lanterns, and also enjoy themselves.

The lights of the city are like a glass world. It seems that from ancient times to the present, the custom of lighting lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival seems to be second only to the Lantern Festival.

1. Eat moon cakes.

Mooncakes are one of the most famous traditional pastries in China. This is the food custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon cake is round, and it is eaten by the whole family, symbolizing reunion and harmony.

In ancient times, mooncakes were eaten as sacrifices during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, it became popular in the court and then spread to the people.

At that time, it was commonly known as "small cakes" and "moon balls". In the Ming Dynasty, it became a common food custom for the whole people.

2. Moon viewing. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the oldest and most famous festival in China. Moon viewing is an important custom of the festival. Many poets have Yongyue poems in their representative works, and the court and folk moon viewing activities in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties were more extensive.

It also refers to the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, when you see the full moon. The folk Mid-Autumn Festival activities began in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties.

3. Lighting the lamp. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a custom of lighting lamps to help the moonlight. Nowadays, there is still a custom of stacking towers with tiles to light lamps on the towers in the Huguang area. The lantern custom of the modern Mid-Autumn Festival is more prosperous, and the candles of the Mid-Autumn Festival night lights are tied to bamboo poles with ropes, erected on the eaves or terraces, or made into zigzag or small lamps of various shapes, and hung on the roof, commonly known as "tree Mid-Autumn Festival" or "vertical Mid-Autumn Festival".

4. Eat osmanthus duck and drink cinnamon syrup.

Osmanthus duck "should be in the market when the osmanthus is fragrant, fat but not greasy, delicious and delicious. After drinking, you must eat a small sugar taro and pour cinnamon syrup, which is beautiful. "Cinnamon syrup", named after Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci Shao Si Ming" "Aiding the North and Drinking Cinnamon Syrup".

Cinnamon syrup, a sugar osmanthus, picked around the Mid-Autumn Festival, pickled with sugar and sour plum. Jiangnan women are skillful and turn the poems into delicacies on the table. Nanjing people enjoy the moon together and call it "celebrating reunion", group sitting and drinking is called "full moon", and going out to the market is called "walking the moon".

5. Hit the Mid-Autumn Festival cannon.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Wuyuan, Anhui Province, children piled a hollow pagoda with bricks and tiles. The tower is hung with ornaments such as tent curtains and plaques, and a table is placed in front of the tower, and various utensils for worshiping the "tower god" are displayed. At night, the interior and exterior are lit with candles.

Jixi Mid-Autumn Festival children play Mid-Autumn Festival cannons. The Mid-Autumn Festival cannon is made of straw tied into a braid, soaked and then picked up and hit on the stone, so that it makes a loud noise and has the custom of swimming fire dragon. The fire dragon is a dragon made of weighing grass, and there is an incense pillar on its body.

When the fire dragon is swimming, there is a gong and drum team to accompany them, and after swimming through the villages, they are sent to the river.

I miss my relatives every festive season. The Mid-Autumn Festival is characterized by family reunions. The family celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival together, admires the moon together, eats moon cakes, chats about family life, and has fun.

The most important thing is that the family together is the meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival, which is more important than everything. Family affection is the most important thing in this life, a life is very short, everyone goes their own way for life in a year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival family gathers together, which is the most memorable festival.

What do the four major characteristics of the Mid-Autumn Festival refer to?

1.The day of the full moon is different: Although the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 is the day of the full moon, in fact, there is a possibility of a full moon on the 14th to 16th of the lunar calendar, and even on the 17th day of the lunar calendar.

However, according to years of observation, the probability of a full moon on the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar is the highest, so the folk also have "the moon of the fifteenth and the sixteenth round", which is what it means.

However, according to observations, the specific time of the fullest moon this year is around 17:59 on September 10, that is, the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, so this year the moon is still the fifteenth round.

2.Mid-Autumn Festival before the autumn equinox: As the old saying goes, "after the division of the society, white rice all over the world, after the community, white rice is like Jindun", which means that the autumn equinox is before the Mid-Autumn Festival, then the grain will be all over the world, most of it is a bumper harvest year, on the contrary, the autumn equinox is after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there may be a poor harvest in some areas.

Open the diary to see that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is on September 10, and the autumn equinox solar term is on September 23, which belongs to the "social equinox".

3.Weather characteristics of the Mid-Autumn Festival: As the old saying goes, "if the Mid-Autumn Festival encounters rain and clouds, the harvest will not be stored", which means that if the Mid-Autumn Festival is a rainy day, then the subsequent weather will be dominated by rainy and humid weather, which is not conducive to the drying and storage of grain, so the harvest area must pay attention.

4.The Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with Teacher's Day, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with Teacher's Day, which also makes the traditional festival more lively.

The main characteristics of the Mid-Autumn Festival are: moon viewing and eating moon cakes.

1. Moon viewing. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, China has the custom of admiring the moon since ancient times, and the "Book of Rites" records the "autumn twilight and sunset", that is, worshipping the moon god. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night was held to welcome the cold and sacrifice the moon.

Set up a large incense table, put on moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums, grapes and other seasonal fruits, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable. The watermelon should also be cut into lotus shapes.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was quite popular for moon viewing and playing with the moon. In the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation wind was more prosperous, according to the "Tokyo Menghualu" record: "Mid-Autumn Festival night, the noble family knotted the pavilion, and the people competed to occupy the restaurant to play the moon."

Every day, all the shops and restaurants in the capital have to re-decorate the façade, the archway is tied with silk and hung colors, ** fresh fruits and refined food, the night market is very lively, the people go up to the platform more, some rich families enjoy the moon on their own pavilions, and put food or arrange family banquets, reunite their children, and enjoy the moon together.

After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival is still the custom of meeting and appreciating the moon, and many places have formed special customs such as burning bucket incense, tree Mid-Autumn Festival, lighting tower lanterns, letting go of the sky lanterns, walking the moon, and dancing the fire dragon.

2. Eat moon cakes.

The urban and rural masses in China have the custom of eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, as the saying goes: "August 15 is full, and the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes are fragrant and sweet." Moon cakes were originally used to worship the moon god, and the word "moon cake" was first seen in the Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu's "Dream Lianglu", at that time, it was just a cake-shaped food like a rhombic cake.

Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing with the tasting of moon cakes, which symbolized family reunion.

Mooncakes were originally made at home, and the practice of mooncakes was recorded in the "Sui Garden Food List" by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty. In modern times, there is a workshop specializing in the production of moon cakes, the production of moon cakes is more and more refined, the filling is exquisite, the appearance is beautiful, and there are various exquisite patterns and jokes printed on the outside of the moon cakes, such as "Chang'e running to the moon", "Milky Way Night Moon", "Three Pools Printing the Moon" and so on. With the full moon of the reunion of the people, with the cake of the round of the trillion people's eternal life, with the moon cake to send the hometown, miss the feelings of relatives, pray for a good harvest and happiness, have become the wishes of people all over the world, moon cakes are also used as gifts to relatives and friends, contact feelings.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, the Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the August Festival, the August Meeting, the Moon Chasing Festival, the Moon Festival, the Moon Worship Festival, the Daughter's Festival or the Reunion Festival, is a traditional cultural festival popular among many ethnic groups in China and East Asian countries, when it is on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar; Because it coincides with the half of the three autumns, it is named.

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China along with New Year's Day. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national holiday.

On May 20, 2006, the festival was approved to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.