Does anyone know the legend of Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history. Like other traditional festivals, it develops slowly. The ancient emperors had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. As early as in Zhou Li, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was recorded. Later, aristocratic scholars followed suit. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people watch and worship the bright and round moon in the sky to express their feelings. This custom spread to the people and formed a traditional activity. Until the Tang Dynasty, people paid more attention to this custom, and the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. Do you know the legendary story of Mid-Autumn Festival? Let me tell you next.

Story 1: According to the legend of moon cakes, Chang 'e stole the elixir that her husband Hou Yi begged the Queen Mother of the West and flew to the Moon Palace. However, Qiong Yu, who is too high to be cold, is a portrayal of her loneliness. Later, Chang 'e confided her remorse to her husband and said, "Tomorrow is the night of the full moon. You make pills out of flour, round like a full moon, put them in the northwest of the house, and then keep calling my name. At midnight, I can go home. "

The next day, do as my wife says, and then the fruit of Chang 'e flies from the middle of the month and the husband and wife reunite. The custom of making moon cakes for Chang 'e in the Mid-Autumn Festival is also formed.

Story 2: The Legend of Rabbit One year, a plague broke out suddenly in Beijing, and almost everyone got it and could not be cured. Chang 'e was very sad to see this scene, so she sent the jade rabbit around her to treat the people. Jade rabbit turned into a girl. She went door to door and cured many people.

In order to thank Jade Rabbit, people gave her things in succession. Yutu wants nothing but to borrow other people's clothes to wear. Wherever she goes, she has to change clothes. Sometimes she dresses like an oil seller, sometimes she looks like a fortune teller ... sometimes she dresses like a man and then dresses like a woman.

In order to treat more people, Yutu rode his horse, deer, lion and tiger all over the capital. After the plague was eliminated in Beijing, the Jade Rabbit returned to the Moon Palace. Therefore, people created the image of Jade Rabbit with clay sculpture, including those who rode deer, those who rode phoenix, those who wore armor, and those who wore various work clothes. It was very cute.

On the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, every household will worship her and give her delicious fruits and beans as a reward for her good luck and happiness. They also affectionately called her "male prostitute" and "grandma rabbit".

Story 3: Eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival is said to have started in Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the broad masses of the people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class in the Yuan Dynasty and rose up against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang joined forces with various resistance forces to prepare for the uprising. However, the officers and men of the imperial court searched very closely and it was very difficult to pass on the news. Liu Bowen, a military strategist, came up with a plan and ordered his men to hide a note with the words "Uprising on the 15th of August" in the cake, and then sent people to the uprising troops in different places to inform them to respond to the uprising on the 15th of August.

On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded together, such as a single spark can start a prairie fire. Soon, Xu Da captured the Yuan Dynasty and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he quickly sent a message that all the soldiers should have fun with the people in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and give the "moon cakes" secretly sent at the time of the war as seasonal cakes to the ministers.

Since then, the production of "moon cakes" has become more and more elaborate, and there are more and more varieties, such as dishes, which have also become good gifts. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of eating moon cakes spread among the people.

The custom of Mid-Autumn festival

1, offering sacrifices to the moon: It is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a kind of ritual activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk". The evening moon is the God of Yue Bai. Since ancient times, in some places in Guangdong, people have the custom of worshipping the moon god (mother moon and moonlight) on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival.

2, burning lights: Mid-Autumn Festival night, there is the custom of burning lights to help the moonlight. Nowadays, there is still the custom of piling tiles and burning lamps on towers in Huguang area. Jiangnan has the custom of making lantern boats. The custom of burning lanterns in modern Mid-Autumn Festival is more prosperous.

3. Appreciating the moon: The custom of appreciating the moon comes from offering sacrifices to the moon, and serious sacrifices have become relaxed enjoyment. It is said that the moon is closest to the earth that night, and it is the largest, roundest and brightest, so there has been a custom of drinking and enjoying the moon since ancient times.

4. Eat moon cakes: moon cakes, also called moon cakes, harvest cakes, palace cakes, reunion cakes, etc. It is an offering to worship the moon god in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded Mid-Autumn Festival as a symbol of family reunion to enjoy the moon and taste moon cakes. Mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends. Today, eating moon cakes has become an essential custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in northern and southern China. On this day, people eat moon cakes to show "reunion".

The above is the legendary story about Mid-Autumn Festival that I know. What else do you know, my friend? Say it in the comments section.