Greeting the succulent Mid-Autumn Festival I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival

A bright moon rose slowly from the sea

I look up to Yi, who is far away at the end of the world.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.

Succulent said wish all meat friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Succulent talk about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival and some traditional customs, Mid-Autumn Festival in addition to eating moon cakes, there are some interesting activities, do you know?

Origin

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Evening, Moon worship, Girls' Day or Reunion Festival, is a traditional cultural festival popular among many ethnic groups in China and countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival because it falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early Tang Dynasty, prevailed in the Song Dynasty, and became one of the major festivals in China as famous as the Spring Festival in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Under the influence of Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for Chinese and overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia.

Custom

Offer sacrifices to the moon and enjoy the moon

Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very ancient custom in China. According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, ancient emperors had the custom of the Spring Equinox offering sacrifices to the sun, the Summer Solstice to the earth, the Autumn Equinox to the moon and the Winter Solstice to heaven. The places of sacrifice are called the Sun Temple, the The Temple of Earth, the Moon Temple and the Temple of Heaven. It is located in four directions: northeast, south, west and west. The moon altar in Beijing is the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the moon. The Book of Rites reads: "the son of Heaven rises in spring and falls in autumn." The rising sun, the evening of the setting moon. " The evening of the moon here refers to offering sacrifices to the moon at night. This custom is not only pursued by the court and upper aristocrats, but also gradually affects the folk with the development of society.

Watch the tide

In ancient times, in addition to watching the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, watching the tide was another Mid-Autumn Festival event in Zhejiang. The custom of watching the tide in the Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, and it has been described in detail as early as in the "Qifa" Fu of Meicheng in the Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, the trend of watching the tide in the Mid-Autumn Festival became more popular. There are also records of watching the tide in Ming Zhu Tinghuan's "addition to the Old stories of Wulin" and the Song Wu Zimu's "Mengliang Lu".

Guess lantern riddles

On the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many lanterns hanging in public places. People gather to guess the riddles written on the lanterns. Because it is a favorite activity for most young men and women, and love stories spread at these activities, riddles guessing lantern riddles has also given rise to a form of love between men and women.

Eat moon cakes

Enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes is a necessary custom in all parts of China to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. as the saying goes, "August and May is round, and the moon cakes are fragrant and sweet." The word moon cake originated from Menglianglu written by Wu Zimu in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was only a kind of snack food at that time. Later, people gradually combine moon appreciation with moon cakes, implying family reunion and sustenance. At the same time, moon cakes are also an important gift for friends to get in touch with each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Drink osmanthus wine

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the cinnamon in the moon, smelling cinnamon, drinking a glass of sweet-scented osmanthus honey and celebrating the sweetness of the family has become a kind of beautiful enjoyment of the festival. Sweet-scented osmanthus is not only available for viewing, but also has edible value. In qu Yuan's Nine songs, there are verses such as "helping Ji Dou Xi drink cinnamon pulp" and "laying laurel Xi pepper paste". It can be seen that it has been quite a long time since our country drank sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

On this special day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's talk about the succulent plants related to the "month":

Crassulaceae, windmill department, small, normally green, spring and autumn sunshine will turn the whole plant red, red leaves like rubies, very lovely.

Crassulaceae is a succulent plant, native to South Africa, like a warm, dry, sunny environment, but also resistant to semi-shade. It is usually green. When there is enough sunshine, the edge of the leaf will turn red and the plant will be golden, hence the name.

Crassulaceae green lock dragon is a succulent plant, the leaves are green, evergreen, mostly for office, bedroom, balcony furnishings, but also a small amount used to make succulent bonsai, is a very popular succulent boutique.

Euphorbia crassulaceae is succulent. In sufficient sunshine, the edge of the leaf will gradually turn red, very beautiful in the backlight, growing all year round, and there is no obvious dormancy period.

Purple Xuanyue, officially known as Huanghua crescent in Chinese, belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum of Compositae. One of the varieties of succulent plants whose leaves are so strange that the stems change from green to purplish red when the sun is full. Open yellow flowers, with their own purplish red is very beautiful.

Succulent plant says best wishes to you and your family:

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and happy family!

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