A Survey on the Customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is here. Do you know what the customs of the festival are? Just take a look at this and you will know.

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Mid-Autumn Festival

Moon worship is a very ancient custom in our country. According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, ancient emperors had the custom of worshiping the sun on the vernal equinox, the earth on the summer solstice, the moon on the autumnal equinox, and the sky on the winter solstice. The places for worship are called the Sun Altar, Earth Altar, Moon Altar and Heaven Altar. It is divided into four directions: east, south, west and north. The Moon Altar in Beijing is where the emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the moon. The "Book of Rites" records: "The emperor worships the sun in the morning in spring and the moon in the evening in autumn. The morning is for the sun and the evening is for the moon." The evening of the moon here refers to the night when he worships the moon. This custom was not only followed by the court and upper nobility, but also gradually influenced the people as society developed.