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originmid-autumn festivalAlso known as the Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mi...
originmid-autumn festivalAlso known as the Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Play Moon Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, it is a traditional cultural festival popular in many ethnic groups and Chinese character cultural circles in China, when on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar;Because it coincides with the half of the three autumns, it is named after it, of course, there are also places that set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16, it is said that the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early Tang Dynasty, and prevailed in the Song Dynasty, and later in the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, it is the main festival that can be compared with the Little Spring Festival.taleThe story of XuanzongAccording to legend, Tang Xuanzong and Shen Tianshi and Daoist Hongdu looked at the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and suddenly Xuanzong raised the idea of visiting the Moon Palace, so the Heavenly Master did it, and the three of them went up to Qingyun together and roamed the Moon Palace. However, there are heavily guarded guards in front of the palace, and it is impossible to enter, and can only overlook the Imperial City of Chang'an outside.At this moment, overhearing the sound of immortals, Tang Xuanzong had always been familiar with the rhythm of music, so he memorized it in his heart. This is exactly "This song should only be heard in heaven, and can be heard several times on earth!" Later, Emperor Xuanzong recalled the musical singing of the Moon Palace Xian'e, composed and choreographed the music and dance himself, and created the famous "Neon Dress Feather Song" in history.Wu Gang folded the guiAccording to legend, there was a person named Wu Gang in the Moon Palace, who was a Han Dynasty Xihe person who had followed the immortals to cultivate the path and went to the Celestial Realm, but he made a mistake, and the immortals demoted him to the Moon Palace, and every day they cut down the laurel tree in front of the Moon Palace to show punishment.This laurel tree grows luxuriantly, more than five hundred feet tall, and after each cutting, the cut place will immediately close again. Li Bai wrote in the poem "Gifting Cui SiHu Wen Kun Ji": "If you want to cut the laurel in the moon, hold the salary of the cold.". 2, jade rabbit pounding medicine Chang'e has a jade rabbit next to her.It is said that When Chang'e's body became lighter and began to take off, she picked up the white rabbit she had been feeding in fear. The white rabbit went to the moon with her. The Jade Rabbit has a medicine pestle in the Moon Palace, and at night it makes immortal elixirs in the medicinal mortar. After this myth spread to Japan, it became a jade rabbit pounding rice cakes.Mooncake UprisingThe legend of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the broad masses of the people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty and revolted against the Yuan.Zhu Yuanzhang united all the resistance forces to prepare for the uprising. However, the officers and men of the court searched very tightly, and it was very difficult to convey the news.Liu Bowen, a military master, came up with a plan, ordering his subordinates to hide the note containing the "August 15th Night Uprising" in the cake, and then send people to send them to the rebel armies in various places to inform them of the response to the uprising on the night of August 15.On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded in unison. Soon, Xu Da captured Yuan Dadu, and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he hurriedly passed down an edict, and in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, he let all the soldiers and the people rejoice, and rewarded the courtiers with the "moon cake" that secretly conveyed the information when the army was raised that year.Since then, the production of "moon cakes" has become more and more elaborate and more varied. The custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.
