Mid-Autumn Festival

Lunar calendar August 15 is China's traditional festival Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Festival, and known as the Han Chinese of the four traditional festivals. According to historical records, ancient emperors have spring memorial day autumn festival month's ceremony system, Erji month's Lunar New Year festival period in August 15, the half-time coincides with the San-Qiu therefore called "Mid-Autumn Festival"; Owing to this festival in the Autumn in August, it is also called "Autumn Festival", "Ba Yuejie", "will be in August," "Mid-autumn Day"; have to pray for the reunion of the relevant sections of faith and customs activities, and therefore also known as "Reunion," " Doll Festival. " The main activities are the result of Mid-Autumn Festival around the "month" basis, so also commonly known as "Moon Festival", "On evening," "chasing festival month", "Wan Yue Festival", "worship festival month"; in the Tang Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "correct month." With regard to the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, roughly three ways: the origin of the ancient worship of the month, month, even under the custom of singing and dancing seek the ancient land of God worship Autumn relic.

Mid-Autumn Festival from 2008 onwards as a National Holiday. Country attaches great importance to the intangible cultural heritage protection, May 20, 2006, the holiday by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage site.

According to legend, ancient times, there are ten suns appeared in the sky for one year, direct smoke baked earth, the sea dried up, people can not watch live regeneration.

This incident alerted a hero named Hou Yi, who boarded the Kunlun Peak, Wan foot god, God opened bow, shoot down a stretch of nine extra sun.

Hou Yi had rendered meritorious service by the people's respect and affection, many patriots come here Toushi apprenticeship. Treacherous cunning, malice in their hearts are also mixed in. Peng Meng.

Soon, Hou Yi married a beautiful and kind-hearted wife, named Chang'e. Hou Yi Chuan Yi In addition to hunting, the all day, and his wife together, people have admired this Langcainvmao the husband and wife.

One day, Hou Yi to the Kunlun Mountains and friends seeking the correct path, the Queen Mother after this chance encounter, they would seek a package the elixir of life the Queen Mother. It is said that the drug dose can ascend to heaven instantly become immortal.

However, Hou Yi could not bear leaving his wife, had temporarily handed the elixir of life Chang'e treasure. Chang possession of the drugs into the dresser 100 Po pack, the surprise was Peng Meng seen.

Three days later, Hou Yi believers mobilize people to go out hunting, having motives of Punta Mongolia pretend illness, stayed. Easy to fool the Hou Yi.

Houyi rate until everyone was gone soon after holding a sword into Neizhai Peng Meng backyard, coercion Chang E to hand over the elixir of life.

Peng Meng Chang know they are not rivals, critical when she was decisive, turning to open 100 Po pack, and come up with a swallow the elixir of life.

Chang'e swallowed the medicine, your body immediately drifting away from the ground, out of the window, and flew to the sky. As Chang worried about her husband, then flowing down to the moon from the earth into the nearest cents.

In the evening, Hou Yi returned home maid had cried during the day happen. Houyi both shock Younu, Choujian kill bad guys, Peng Meng escaped earlier. Wawataijiao anger Houyi crying in the corner. Distraught Houyi and look forward to the night sky calling his beloved wife's name. At this time, he was surprised to find that today's extraordinarily bringing a bright moon, but also a shaking figure resembles Chang. Every day, watching the beloved wife to the moon before.

Hou Yi Chang favorite hastily sent to the back garden where, put the incense table, put her favorite honey usually eat fresh fruit, Yao Ji at the Moon Palace where sentimentally attached to the Chang's own.

People have heard about the news of the Moon immortality, have decorative incense table in the next month, to pray for good luck in Chang Ping. Since then, the Mid-Autumn Festival thanks to the custom of the people on the spread.

The Moon's story with a distinctive attitude and brilliant colors for praising the Chang, and ancient documents relating to records of Chang'e compared, showing people the story of the Moon done a lot of processing, modification, so that Chang's image and On with the United States, to conform to people's quest for beauty. Modern widespread the "Moon" at odds, "all available on the classical Chinese" series of "spiritual constitution" is recorded in the "Chang'e-based toad" story: "Chang, Yi's wife also, stealing the elixir of life service of the Queen Mother, Ben months. would be to, gold accounted for on the yellow. The yellow accounting: reads: 'Kyrgyzstan, Innocent Steps Gui Mei, alone will be westbound, every day unlucky Mans, and fearless goes without fear, the latter and Dachang.' Chang'e accordingly entrusted themselves to the month, is to toad. "Chang'e into a toad, after all day in the Moon Palace fined for ramming the elixir of life, living lonely, impoverished life, Li Shang-yin had the poem laments Chang:" Chang must regret stealing the elixir, and Bihaiqingtian heart every night. "