Why did Mid-Autumn Festival become a "counterattack day" for ancient women?

Mid-Autumn Festival has always been a favorite festival for literati, just like Su Shi's bright moon asking for wine, Zhang Jiuling's bright moon asking for wine, and and heaven remains our neighbourhood. Numerous classic sayings praise the Mid-Autumn Festival. Countless legends and stories tell about love. However, the Mid-Autumn Festival is actually a festival for girls.

The theory of five elements prevailed in ancient times, and the ancients believed that everything in the world had yin and yang. In addition, Mid-Autumn Festival and women belong to Yin. So it is also called Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a women's festival. The main reasons are as follows. On the other hand, every Mid-Autumn Festival, women will predict good and bad luck. Every woman in every household will perform Yue Bai divination whenever the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the moon is held, and the moon is also the carrier of their feelings.

The second is to pray for the moon. Ancient women only wanted two things: a happy family and a more beautiful and charming person. According to folklore, Chang 'e lives on the moon, and Chang 'e is very beautiful. Facing the moon, ups and downs are contrast. Chang 'e made a wish that her family would be healthy and happy, and that she would be more and more beautiful. Although this is a bit nonsense, there is a folk legend that there is an ugly girl in Qi State. Because she sincerely prayed for the beauty of the moon, she really touched the fairy Chang 'e, so she became very beautiful and finally got the favor of the monarch of Qi State.

The most important reason is to steal melons and pray for children. You know, in ancient China, it was the most important mission for women to reproduce at this time. So as long as it is a blessing, how can we not pray for our children? So there will be a particularly interesting phenomenon in ancient times. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, women will travel together to steal melons, commonly known as touching autumn. This has pinned the good wishes of every family to have children. These are the reasons why Mid-Autumn Festival is called Women's Counterattack Festival.