September 10, 2022, Mid-Autumn Festival! Happy holidays to all of you~

The Origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival – From Nature Worship to Independence Festival:

For the term "Mid-Autumn Festival", it was first seen in the "Zhou Li". "The Book of Rites and the Order of the Month" records that "the moon of mid-autumn nourishes aging, and the porridge diet is practiced".

The formation of the Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to the worship of the moon and the "moon sacrifice" ceremony of the ancients in the pre-Qin period.

Zhou Dynasty "Moon Sacrifice in Kan".

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the moon god was also known as the "Queen Mother of the West".

During the Qin and Han dynasties, this ritual was still one of the important royal institutions.

Subsequently, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even the Ming and Qing dynasties all had ceremonies to worship the moon at the autumn equinox. In the same way, the moon festival is not only a worship of nature, but also closely related to the festival of harvest in an agrarian society.

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, in addition to the official also appeared to pay attention to the "moon", Liu An of the Western Han Dynasty in "Huainanzi" has a "Chang'e to the moon" and "Wu Gang to the Gui" two folklore in later generations and the Mid-Autumn Festival closely linked.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, under the influence of politics, economy and culture, the records of literati and scholars admiring the moon and drinking alcohol and chanting poems on the moon gradually increased, but at this time, the time of moon appreciation did not have the specific node of "August 15", and the "Mid-Autumn Festival" was not a festival in the modern sense, but represented the second month of autumn, that is, "Mid-Autumn", which was also used to express the meaning of "more than half of autumn" in the poem.

The custom of admiring the moon in the Wei and Jin dynasties became more and more prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, and the literati class in the Tang Dynasty worshiped and appreciated the "moon" in many poems.

As for the specific origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it basically started from the Tang Dynasty, mainly because it is believed that there were many moon poems in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Tang Dynasty, so the literati of the Tang Dynasty have regarded August 15 as an independent date with certain significance.

The Mid-Autumn Festival was really valued by the public as a festival during the Song Dynasty, and with the development of the commodity economy in the Song Dynasty, the custom of "moon appreciation" added many entertainment activities.

The entertainment customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival are established from the top down. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Ningzong Zhao Kuan issued a fake Ning order, and the civil and military officials took a day off, so far, the "Mid-Autumn Festival" was an independent festival, and has continued to this day in the change of times.

"When the treasure mirror rises in the sky, the fairy in the clouds is silent."

"The cold sky on the round soul is the same all over the world."

"If you have to be round like this, people may not see goodbye."

"I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles!"

Of course, if you open the information and read it, you can savor the feelings of those celebrities and celebrities for the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the ancient poems.

Now we are looking forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival, just to wait for these few days of holidays and take a break in our busy lives.

The fast-paced pace of life and high stress are already a common phenomenon. The few festivals of the year are coming, and I hope everyone can have a good rest during the festival, relax the nerves that have been tense, and adjust the mood.

Time has passed in a hurry, and most of 2022 has passed, looking back on yesterday, everything is like a dream, within reach, but there is no way to go back.

It's tiring to live, but there are also many beautiful existences, for the dream in my heart, for a better future, rest for a while, regroup, and set sail again together for a new journey!! Come on