PS: Please refer to the second half of the year for the time point, the following text:

It's Saturday in the blink of an eye, and it's Teacher's Day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the school doesn't organize any activities for students, maybe the teachers will have activities.

The school doesn't need students to do those face-saving projects, so students can enjoy freedom.

And after breakfast, the four of Spring Rain, Summer Fire, Autumn Moon, and Winter Snow teamed up to brush up on the dungeon.

Of course, it's not about games, it's about learning to make pastries.

"Today is the 10th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and in five days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

"I know about the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

Qiu Yue nodded.

Although a lot of common sense and the like are not very clear, she still knows about the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But there's one thing I don't understand......

"How did the Mid-Autumn Festival come about?"

"The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is ......"

Xia Huo hurriedly raised his hand to answer, but paused again in the middle of speaking.

Stuck for a second, he continued to laugh.

"It's just that half of autumn has passed, so it's 'medium' autumn!"

In the lunar calendar, spring is generally from January to March, summer from April to June, autumn from July to September, and winter from October to December.

The fifteenth day of August is the day in the middle of autumn.

"Oh, isn't it called mid-summer when half of the summer has passed?"

Qiu Yue once again raised her own questions.

But Xia Huo looked thoughtful.

"Hmm...... But there is a term called Midsummer, and maybe there is really a Midsummer Festival that we miss......"

"Bang!"

"Pain, pain, pain!"

Xia Huo squatted on the ground with his swollen head.

Winter Snow blew her own hands.

And Chunyu is with a gentle smile.

"Xiaohuo, don't mislead Qiuyue!"

"Yes!"

"What misleading?"

Qiu Yue still didn't understand.

And Dongxue answered with her mouth open.

"The so-called midsummer does not refer to the summer in the middle, in the ancient language of our country: Meng, Zhong, and Ji refer to the first, second, and last; Therefore, Zhong means second, and midsummer means the second month of summer. Generally speaking, it refers to the fifth month of the lunar calendar. Although there is a Mid-Autumn Festival, there is nothing like mid-summer and mid-spring. ”

"Oh!"

Qiu Yue let out a long sound, indicating that she understood.

And Dongxue continues to explain.

"And the Mid-Autumn Festival, although it is indeed the middle day of autumn...... But there are many theories about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

There are many theories about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The term Mid-Autumn Festival was first seen in the "Zhou Li", and the "Book of Rites and Moon Order" said: "The mid-autumn moon nourishes aging, and the porridge diet is practiced." ”

It is said that it originated from the sacrificial activities of ancient emperors. It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "The Son of Heaven is the spring sunrise, the autumn sunset", and the sunset moon is to worship the moon, indicating that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the emperor has begun to worship the moon and worship the moon. Later, aristocratic officials and scholars followed suit, and gradually spread to the people.

Second, the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is related to agricultural production. Autumn is the harvest season. The interpretation of the word "autumn" is: "When the crops are ripe, it is called autumn". In August, the Mid-Autumn Festival ripens crops and various fruits one after another, and farmers take the "Mid-Autumn Festival" as a festival in order to celebrate the harvest and express their joy. "Mid-Autumn Festival" is the meaning of the middle of autumn, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the middle month of autumn, and the fifteenth day is the middle day of this month, so the Mid-Autumn Festival may be a custom inherited from the ancients "Autumn Report".

Some historians have also pointed out that the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival should be the end of the Sui Dynasty Tang Army on August 15, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the Tang Army Pei Lin took the full moon as the concept, successfully invented moon cakes, and widely distributed the army as military salaries, and successfully solved the problem of military rations derived from the large absorption of anti-Sui rebels.

Of course, about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the most widely spread is still a myth and legend. ”

In ancient times, there were ten days in the sky at the same time, the crops withered and died, and the people were not able to make a living, a hero named Hou Yi, with infinite strength, he sympathized with the suffering people, pulled out the divine bow, shot down more than nine suns in one go, and strictly ordered the last sun to rise and fall on time, for the benefit of the people. Hou Yi's wife's name is Chang'e. In addition to passing on the art of hunting, Hou Yi is with his wife all day long. Many people with lofty ideals came to learn from the teacher, and Pengmeng, who was not right-minded, also mixed in.

One day, Hou Yi went to Kunlun Mountain to visit friends and ask the queen mother for a pack of immortal medicine. It is said that if you take this medicine, you can immediately ascend to heaven and become an immortal. However, Hou Yi was reluctant to leave his wife and temporarily handed over the immortal medicine to Chang'e for collection. Chang'e hid the medicine in the treasure box on the dresser. Three days later, Hou Yi led his disciples out hunting, and Pengmeng, who had a ghost in his heart, pretended to be sick and did not go out. Soon after Hou Yi led everyone away, Peng Meng broke into the backyard of the inner house with a sword and coerced Chang'e to hand over the immortal medicine. Chang'e knew that she was not Pengmeng's opponent, and when she was in danger, she turned around and opened the treasure box, took out the immortal medicine and swallowed it in one gulp. Chang'e swallowed the medicine, and her body immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window, and flew into the sky. Because Chang'e was concerned about her husband, she flew down to the nearest moon in the world and became an immortal.

In the evening, Hou Yi returned home, and the maids cried about what happened during the day. Hou Yi was both shocked and angry, drew his sword to kill the villain, Pengmeng had already fled, Hou Yi was so angry that he beat his chest, grief-stricken, looking up at the night sky and calling for Chang'e, at this time he found that today's moon is exceptionally bright and bright, and there is a swaying figure that resembles Chang'e. Hou Yi missed his wife, so he sent someone to Chang'e's favorite back garden, put incense on the table, put Chang'e's usual favorite honey and fresh fruits, and sacrificed to Chang'e in the Moon Palace. After hearing the news of Chang'e running to the moon and becoming an immortal, the people set up incense tables under the moon one after another, praying for auspiciousness and peace to the kind Chang'e. Since then, the custom of worshipping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.

Of course, there is also a version in addition to this, saying that Chang'e knew that her husband Hou Yi had asked for the elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, so she became an immortal. One day, taking advantage of Hou Yi's inattention, he stole and ate the immortal medicine, transformed into an immortal, and then flew to the Moon Palace. This is the legendary Moon Immortal. In this regard, the Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin has a poem "Chang'e": The mica screen candle shadow is deep, and the long river gradually falls and the stars sink. Chang'e should repent of stealing the elixir, and the blue sea and blue sky are night and night. ”

Dongxue also recited a poem at the end, her eyes flashed, and she seemed to look very longing.

I don't know what she's longing for.

But hearing her explanation, Qiu Yue also understood the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival and related legends.

It's just that all of a sudden......

"Dongxue knows so much!"

"Prizes, prizes!"

Xia Huo looked embarrassed.

"So I'm not praising you!"

Dongxue squinted at Xia Huo, indicating that she once again had a clear understanding of the thickness of this person's skin.

"Speaking of which, when it's time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, we also have activities here!"

Chunyu said.

The group continued to walk towards the place where they were going to learn how to make mooncakes.

"What activity?"

"The main thing is to worship the moon, admire the moon, worship the moon, and also guess riddles, play lanterns, etc., which was initiated by the school, saying that it is to promote traditional Chinese culture. ”

"Carry forward traditional Chinese culture...... It sounds familiar!"

Qiu Yue thought about it carefully, but for a moment she couldn't seem to remember where she heard it.

And the spring rain is to give her the answer.

"Didn't Xiaohuo's brother Shiki say it before?"

"Oh!"

It seems that it was said a few days ago.

"But in between...... Is there any connection?"

Qiu Yue still didn't understand.

And Dongxue also looked at her.

"Speaking of which, Autumn Moon doesn't seem to know yet. ”

"Huh?"

"Our school was opened by Xiaohuo's father. ”

"Huh?"

"Xiaohuo's father is not there, and his mother doesn't care about anything, so Xiaohuo's brother has the management of the four seasons, and these activities and the like are all proposed by him and implemented in the whole school, in addition to middle school, elementary school is also like this. ”

"This, this, this...... It's amazing!"

Akizuki looked incredulous.

It's hard to imagine that the otaku of the four seasons, who seems to have nothing to do every day, playing games and watching anime or something, has already started to manage such a big school......

"But it's really amazing!"

Qiu Yue's eyes showed a little admiration again.

So Xia Huo felt a little embarrassed again.

"I'll keep trying!"

So that's not praising you!