August 15 is supposed to be the day of parting, why is it a day of reunion?

The ancients probably didn't think much about it, just because the moon was round or they hoped that the two of them would be reunited on this day in the future, and they had a good hope for the future.

Because the moth made moon cakes.

The moon is round, and the ancients came up with the meaning of reunion.

I hope that people will last a long time, thousands of miles together! Yes.

Every year on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, it is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the middle of autumn of the year, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Chinese lunar calendar, the year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Mid-autumn.

The moon on August 15 is rounder and brighter than the full moon of other months, so it is also called "Yuexi" or "August Festival". On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky like jade, and naturally look forward to family reunion. Wanderers who are far away also take this opportunity to express their feelings of longing for their hometown and relatives.

Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Reunion Festival".

In ancient times, our people had the custom of "autumn twilight and sunset". The setting moon is to worship 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 case, and put moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates, plums, grapes and other offerings, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable. The watermelon should also be cut into lotus shapes. Under the moon, the statue of the moon god is placed in the direction of the moon, the red candle is burned, the whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts the reunion moon cake.

The person who cuts it calculates in advance how many people are in the whole family, and those who are at home and those who are in other places must be counted together, and they cannot cut more or less, and the size should be the same.

Legend has it that the ugly girl of the ancient Qi country had no salt, and when she was a child, she worshiped the moon devoutly, and when she grew up, she entered the palace with superior morality, but she was not pampered. On August 15 of a certain year, Haruko saw her in the moonlight, thought she was beautiful and outstanding, and then set her up as the queen, and the Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship came from this. Chang'e in the moon is known for her beauty, so the girl worships the moon and wishes to "look like Chang'e, face like the moon".

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The 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China, and it is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. August 15 is in the middle of autumn, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The ancient calendar of our country calls August in the middle of autumn "Mid-Autumn", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Because the moon is in the sky on this day, it symbolizes reunion and is chaotic, so it is also called "reunion festival".

2. In ancient times, productivity was low and people's ability to resist natural disasters was limited. Since the fifth day of the fifth month of May (Dragon Boat Festival), people have to experience floods, plagues and other disasters for 100 days, and many wives are separated, separated by yin and yang. And by August 15, those who can be reunited are certainly worth celebrating.

So there is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

3. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is bright and clean, and the ancients regarded the full moon as a symbol of reunion, so it is also called August 15 as the "Reunion Festival". Throughout the ages, people often use "full moon, lack of moon" to describe "joys and sorrows", and wanderers living in other places use the moon to express their affection. As early as the Song Dynasty, people used the moon to express the emotion of "wishing people to be long, thousands of miles together", giving the Mid-Autumn Festival the theme of "praying for reunion".

The main folk activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival in later generations revolved around the theme of "reunion", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Reunion Festival.

4. There are so many festivals in a year, and the best one is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The weather is neither hot nor cold, and people who are running around and working hard can also come back for reunion and eat reunion cakes smoothly. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a "double reunion of people and months", which means that family reunion celebrates a good harvest.

5. The Mid-Autumn Festival wants to be reunited, and it is also related to the legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival is very rich, and the mythical stories such as "Chang'e Running to the Moon", "Wu Gang Cutting Gui", "Jade Rabbit Pounding Medicine" are widely spread among the people, and among them, "Chang'e Running to the Moon" is the most widely spread.

6. Legend has it that Chang'e was originally Hou Yi's wife, and Hou Yi shot 9 suns and the Queen Mother of the West gave her the elixir of immortality, but Hou Yi was reluctant to eat it, so she handed it over to Chang'e for safekeeping. Hou Yi's disciple Peng Meng coveted the elixir and forced Chang'e to hand over the elixir, but Chang'e swallowed the elixir in a hurry, and flew away like the sky. It was August 15, the moon was big and bright, because of the reluctance to Hou Yi, Chang'e stopped at the moon closest to the earth, and since then she has lived in Guanghan Palace for a long time.

After Hou Yi returned home, his heart ached, so Yuan Rang set up a banquet on August 15 every year to reunite with Chang'e in front of the moon.