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    The poor man Chou became interested when he heard this and asked: "Sister-in-law, it seems that the Mid-Autumn Festival customs are really outdated now. It seems that the only thing left is eating moon cakes."

    "Yes!" Murphy sighed.

    Youqing Lily also wrinkled her nose and said, "Sister Fei'er, let's not talk about this. There should be other Mid-Autumn Festival customs, right?"

    "Yes," Murphy smiled slightly and said; "There is also something called a moonlight horse worshiped during the Mid-Autumn Festival." "Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!"

    "Moonlight horse?" This was basically the first time the little ones heard this term, and they couldn't help but curiously asked: "Sister-in-law, is this a shime??"

    Murphy said with a smile: "This thing is recorded in Fucha Dunchong's "Yanjing Sui Shi Ji": 'The moonlight horse is made of paper, and the lunar star king is painted on it, like a Bodhisattva statue.  At the bottom are the moon palace and a rabbit pounding medicine. A man stands upright and holds a pestle. The algae are exquisitely colorful and resplendent. They are often sold in shops. The longer one is seven or eight feet long, and the short one is two or three feet long. There are two flags on the top, in red and green.  , fence or hu¨¢ngs¨¨, and offer it to the moon. Burn incense and salute, and after the sacrifice is completed, burn it together with thousands of pieces, ingots, etc.'"

    Murphy¡¯s series of classical Chinese articles made the little ones a little confused. They thought for a long time before thinking about mingb¨¢i, and then said: ¡°Sister-in-law, it seems like you don¡¯t have this now, right?¡±

    Murphy said with a smile: "In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the image of the Moon God underwent important changes. From the early purely Taoist picture of the Moon Palace, dominated by Chang'e, it evolved into a secular image of the Moonlight Bodhisattva and the Medicine-Pounding Jade Rabbit that blended Buddhism and Taoism. During this period  , people enshrine moonlight paper with the Moonlight Bodhisattva painted on it, also called 'Moonlight Horse', do you understand?" At the end, Murphy specifically asked, bijing, Moonlight Horse is something ruguo didn't know specifically, I guess.  How many people do I have?

    The little guys said honestly: "It should be mingb¨¢i, right?"

    Murphy chuckled.  After laughing, he said: "Okay, everyone probably doesn't know about the 'Moonlight Horse'. Now that I'm better than Lord Rabbit, everyone in the Fourth and Nine Cities probably knows about this thing!"

    "Master Rabbit?"

    "It's not Mr. Rabbit, it's Mr. Rabbit," Murphy explained how to pronounce it.  Cai added: "The origin of Lord Rabbit dates back to the late Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the function of Lord Rabbit had been transformed from offering sacrifices to the moon to a Mid-Autumn Festival toy for children. The production has become increasingly sophisticated, with some dressed as military generals wearing armor and war robes.  , there are also people with paper flags or paper umbrellas on their backs, sitting or standing. Sitting there are unicorns, tigers and leopards, etc. There are also vendors dressed as rabbit heads, or they are barbering masters, or sewing shoes, selling wontons, tea soup, etc.  There are many. Regarding Lord Rabbit, "Yanjing Years' Records" records: "Every Mid-Autumn Festival, city people who are clever use loess to make toad and rabbit statues for sale, which are called Lord Rabbit." In the old days in the area of ??Dongsi Archway in Beijing  There are often Rabbit stalls, which specialize in selling Rabbits for Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition, incense candles are also sold in Nanzhi Store. Rabbit is a children's toy that is in season with the Mid-Autumn Festival in old Beijing. People follow the saying that there is Chang'e's Jade Rabbit in the Moon Palace.  The Jade Rabbit further became artistic, personified, and even deified, and was then shaped into various forms of Lord Rabbit out of clay. In the old days, there was also a standard for coaxing children. That is to combine respecting heaven and God in entertainment."

    "Oh, that's right!" The little guys nodded.  He was a little confused and said: "Sister-in-law, why do you call me Rabbit Master? Isn't it enough to call me Rabbit? Or just call me Rabbit?"

    "This," Murphy smiled and said, "Master, it is the honorific title for noble people in the feudal era, and it is extended to the honorific title for gods. The Jade Rabbit is not a domestic animal in the mortal world. It is not a hare, but the one in Guanghan Palace.  The sacred rabbit cannot be caught and played casually. If you want to play with it, you can only 'ask' a clay sculpture of a 'rabbit' called 'Master' to offer it in a respectful place. As shown in Fang Yuankun's "Miscellaneous Odes of Dumen" written by Qing Dynasty  ¡·Written: "Children and children compete to worship each other. I bought Master Rabbit by the shoulder."

    "Ah, just like people who believe in Buddhism, when buying a Buddha statue, they don't say they want to buy it, they say they want to have sex, right?" Chou, a poor man, shouted.

    "Hey, my family is poor, what do you know about this?" Bo Ping asked curiously.

    The poor man Chou¡¯s mouth twitched and he said, ¡°We just invited Mr. Guan Gong a few days ago!¡±

    "Huh? Invite Guan Gong?" The others were stunned when they heard this, and Zhuoer Murphy was also surprised.

    It¡¯s not like you don¡¯t watch Hong Kong movies, you often see this in them!

    ??Zhuoer Murphy looked at each other and asked carefully: "My family is poor, your family invites this, uh"

    The poor man Chou continued to twitch his mouth and said, "Don't think too much about it. I don't know much about this, but according to my mother, it can ward off evil spirits and make you rich!"

    "Bless and prosper?" Everyone was even more dizzy, "Isn't that a matter of the God of Wealth? How could it involve Guan Gong?"

    The poor man Chou smiled bitterly and said: "Don't ask me, my mother invited me back! It is said that in order to show her sincerity, my mother asked people?I walked for more than half an hour and came back!  The statue of Guan Gong was over half a meter tall and weighed at least 20 kilograms. My mother actually carried it back!  "

    The corners of other people¡¯s mouths twitched even more.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? They don¡¯t want to ask this anymore.

    Murphy also had black lines on his head. He coughed slightly, changed the subject, and said, "Okay, let me continue talking about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Where did I just talk about it? Oh, I just mentioned Lord Rabbit, right? Is there anything about Lord Rabbit?  There is a legend, do you want to hear it?"

    "Think!" the little guys said in unison, as long as they don't listen to this Guan Gong who blesses wealth.

    Murphy said: "It is said that once a year, a plague suddenly broke out in Sijiu City. Almost every family had it, but it could not be cured. When Chang'e saw this, she felt very sad, so she sent the Jade Rabbit around her to help.  The people treated their illnesses. The Jade Rabbit turned into a girl. She went from house to house and cured many people. In order to thank the Jade Rabbit, people gave her things one after another; but the Jade Rabbit didn¡¯t want them, and just borrowed clothes from others.  He would change his outfit in one place, sometimes he would dress like an oil seller, and sometimes he would look like a fortune teller Sometimes he would be dressed as a man, and sometimes he would be dressed as a woman. In order to treat more people, the Jade Rabbit would ride on it.  Mounting horses, deer, lions, and tigers, they traveled all over the capital. After eliminating the plague in the capital, the Jade Rabbit returned to the Moon Palace. So people used clay to shape the image of the Jade Rabbit, some riding a deer, and some riding a phoenix.  , some are wearing armor, and some are wearing various workers' clothes, in various poses. They are very cute. Every family has to worship her on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month and serve her delicious fruits and beans.  , to reward her for bringing good luck and happiness to the world, and affectionately call her 'Master Rabbit' and 'Grandma Rabbit'."

    Listening to Murphy¡¯s story, Youqing Lily pouted.  Said: "Sister Fei'er, your story is so unreliable!"

    Murphy said nonchalantly: "Ruguo is not a legend, but a historical fact!"

    Yes, my sister-in-law is still awesome!

    Murphy didn't care about this, but continued: "I just talked about playing with the Rabbit. Now let's talk about another Mid-Autumn Festival custom, playing with lanterns. However, the Mid-Autumn Festival does not have a large-scale lantern festival like the Lantern Festival. Playing with lanterns is mainly done in families and children.  As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, "Old Wulin Stories" recorded the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival, including the activity of putting "yidi¨£n red" lanterns into the river for drifting and playing. Playing with lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival is mostly concentrated in the south. For example, Foshan mentioned above  At the autumn festival, there are all kinds of lanterns: sesame lanterns, eggshell lanterns, wood shavings lanterns, straw lanterns, fish scale lanterns, chaff lanterns, melon seed lanterns, bird and animal flower tree lanterns, etc., which are amazing.¡±

    "Yeah, yeah, yeah." The little guys nodded.

    Murphy added: "In Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places, during the Mid-Autumn Festival night, trees are held for Mid-Autumn Festival activities, and the trees are also erected. It means to put up the lights high. With the help of their parents, children use bamboo paper to tie up bunny lanterns,  Carambola lanterns or square lanterns are hung horizontally on short poles. Then they are erected on high poles. When used skillfully, the colorful lights shine, adding another scene to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Children often compete with each other to see who can erect it high.  There are many more. The lanterns are the most exquisite. In addition, there are sky lanterns, that is, Kongming lanterns, which are made into large-shaped lanterns with paper. Candles are burned under the lanterns, and the heat rises. The lanterns fly in the air, attracting people to laugh and chase. In addition, there are  Children play with various lanterns carried by the moon under the moon. In Nanning, Guangxi, in addition to various lanterns tied with paper and bamboo for children to play with, there are also very simple grapefruit lanterns, pumpkin lanterns, and orange lanterns. The so-called grapefruit lanterns are  Hollow out the grapefruit, carve a simple pattern, put it on a string, and light a candle inside to make it light and elegant. Pumpkin lanterns and orange lanterns are also made by removing the flesh. Although simple, it is easy to make and very popular. Some children even make it.  Grapefruit lanterns float into the pond and river as a game. Guangxi has a simple household autumn lantern, which is made of six circles of bamboo strips tied into a lantern, with white gauze paper on the outside and candles inserted inside. Hang it next to the moon worship table for worshiping the moon.  It can also be played for children. Nowadays, many areas in Guangxi and Guangdong arrange lantern festivals on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Large modern lanterns illuminated by electric lights are made, and there are also various new lanterns made of plastic for children to play with. However, there are few  A simple beauty of old-time lights.¡±

    The little ones were stunned when they heard this and said: "These lanterns have so many tricks!"

    "It's a pity that none of us can see it!" The little guys from the Scarlet Cross Guild live all over the world. Naturally, most people can't see what Murphy said.

    Murphy smiled and said, "Haha, let's all travel when we have the chance!"

    "Think about it!" the little guys said in unison.

    "In addition, there is also a game in the south," Murphy added: "This game is called Shaowazi Lantern (also known as Shaohua Tower, Shaohua Tower, Shaofan Tower), which is played in Jiangxi and Guangdong.  It has been spread in Guangxi, Guangxi and other places. For example, Volume 5 of "China National Customs" records: On the Mid-Autumn Festival night in Jiangxi, ordinary children pick up tiles in the wild.??It is piled into a round tower shape with many holes.  At dusk, burn it in a tower of firewood under the bright moon.  Once the tiles are red-hot, kerosene is poured on them to add fuel to the fire. In an instant, the surrounding fields are ablaze and shine like daylight.  Until late at night, when no one is watching, you start to practice breathing, which is called burning tile lamps.  The tile-burning pagoda in Chaozhou, Guangdong is also a hollow pagoda built with bricks and tiles, filled with branches and set on fire.  At the same time, smoke piles are also burned, which is to pile firewood into piles and burn them after the moon worship.  The burning of Fan Pagoda in the Guangxi border area is similar to this activity, but folklore is to commemorate the heroic battle of Liu Yongfu, a famous anti-French general in the Qing Dynasty, who burned the Fan ghosts who escaped into the tower, that is, the French invaders. It is quite popular.  Patriotic thoughts.  In Jinjiang, Fujian, there is also the activity of "burning towers".  "

    "Burning tarts? Is this a shime?" The little ones like to listen to stories like this, and they always hear some new terms.

    "Oh, this," Murphy explained in detail: "To burn towers is to build tiles and stones into a tower shape, and then put branches and leaves into the tower to burn. It is said that the custom of 'burning towers' originated in the Yuan Dynasty.  It has a history of more than 700 years. People sprinkle rice and salt in the pagoda to pray for peace and wealth. The origin can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty. It is said that the Yuan Dynasty built a Yuan military camp in Quannan, which was located in Anhai Town. Yuan Dynasty  The soldiers fought against the common people, and finally the oppressed people secretly organized an uprising against the Yuan soldiers. The date of the uprising was set at the Mid-Autumn Festival, and several villagers burned the tower as a sign. They annihilated the Yuan soldiers. In order to commemorate this righteous deed, later generations  The custom of 'burning pagodas' continues during the Mid-Autumn Festival and is passed down from generation to generation."

    ¡°Oh, it¡¯s mingb¨¢i!¡± The little guys suddenly realized.

    Murphy added: "In addition to the above customs, there is also the fire dragon dance, which is the most traditional custom of Hong Kong's Mid-Autumn Festival. Starting from the 14th night of the eighth lunar month every year, a grand ceremony will be held in the Tai Hang area of ??Causeway Bay for three consecutive nights.  Fire dragon dance activity. The fire dragon is more than 70 meters long, with a body of thirty-two sections tied with pearl grass and filled with longevity incense. On the night of the grand event, the streets and alleys of this district were winding and undulating.  The fire dragon dances joyfully under the lights and dragon drum music, which is very lively.¡±

    "Ah, I've seen it!" cried the poor man Chou.

    "Watched it on TV?" Bottle joked.

    ¡°I¡¯m still asking! Most people get together during the Mid-Autumn Festival!¡± The poor man rolled his eyes. Mid-Autumn Festival is also the Reunion Festival.  Of course he couldn't go to Hong Kong to see it during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Of course he saw it on TV.

    "Tch, who has seen it on TV?" Others rolled their eyes.

    Black Moon Waltz tur¨¢n said: "I once saw a real fire dragon dancing!"

    "Huh? Black Moon Sister?" Everyone turned their heads. If they remember correctly, Black Moon Circle Dance seems to be from the north, right?

    Black Moon Dance shrugged and explained, "Our family traveled to Hong Kong during the Mid-Autumn Festival one year and happened to see it. It was indeed very beautiful and spectacular! Ruguo, you want to see it. I will post a photo to the forum later. I just saw it.  It¡¯s great for taking pictures.¡±

    ¡°Haha, that¡¯s great!¡± the little guys giggled.

    Black Moon Waltz smiled and said nothing more.

    Murphy added: "Haha, there is a legend about the origin of Hong Kong's fire dragon dance. It is said that it was a long time ago. After a typhoon hit Tai Hang District, a python appeared and did evil everywhere. The villagers went out to hunt for it, and finally caught it.  It killed it. Unexpectedly, the python disappeared the next day. A few days later, a plague broke out in the big pit. At this time, the elders in the village suddenly received a dream from the Bodhisattva, saying that as long as the fire dragon danced during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the plague could be driven away. It was a coincidence.  , this move actually worked. Since then, the fire dragon dance has been passed down to this day. This story is a legend, and I will mention the superstitious elements in it. However, China is the homeland of dragons. The fire dragon dance has been performed in Tai Hang Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong for more than a hundred years.  This is a history worth cherishing. By the way, I also want to say that the fire dragon dance activity in Tai Hang District is now quite large-scale. In addition to the head coach, coach, chief commander and conductor, the security team, etc. take turns to perform the dragon dance.  More than 30,000 people."

    "Wow, there are so many people!" The little guys praised: "Ms. Heiyue, we can't wait to see your photos!"

    Black Moon Waltz said: "Yijing is looking for photos!"

    ¡°Then just wait and see.¡±

    Murphy listened to the little guys laughing and joking over there, but he continued to tell a story. If the story didn't talk about Qingchu, they wouldn't dare to give up. He continued: "Do you still listen to the Mid-Autumn Festival customs?"

    "Listen!"

    Murphy shook his head slightly and continued: "Lighting pagoda lanterns. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people still had the custom of lighting lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Mid-Autumn lanterns are not the same as Yuanxiao lanterns. Pagoda lanterns are lit on Mid-Autumn Night, and they are mainly lit on the Mid-Autumn Festival.  Popular in the south. Pagoda lanterns are lamps built in the shape of a pagoda by village children picking up rubble. In the Qing Dynasty, Suzhou villagers used tiles to build a seven-level pagoda in the wilderness, with Ksitigarbha in the middle and lanterns burning around it. It was called a 'pagoda lantern'.  Children in Guangzhou burn 'fan tower lanterns' with broken tilesIn addition, there is also the pomelo peel lamp, which is carved with various characters, flowers and plants using red pomelo peel, with a glass lamp placed in the middle, emitting red light.  "

    "The pagoda g¨£nji¨¤o looks a bit like that pagoda-burning boy!" the little guys murmured.

    "It does look a bit like it, but it's not exactly the same," Murphy said with a smile: "In some areas of Shandong Province, there is a custom of throwing handkerchiefs to attract relatives on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. On that night, a colorful platform is set up in the square, arranged like a moon palace, and  Set up jade rabbits, osmanthus trees, etc. Some unmarried girls dressed up as Chang'e. After the celebration singing and dancing, the girls threw some handkerchiefs embroidered with different colors to the audience. If the handkerchiefs received by the audience were in the hands of 'Chang'e'  If they have the same suit and color, they can go on stage to receive the award. When some unmarried young men return the handkerchief, if they are liked by 'Chang'e', they can give it a ring. After that, both parties can make friends and the lovers will get married."

    ¡°Wow, is this a disguised group blind date?¡± the little guys couldn¡¯t help but complain after hearing this.

    Then they all laughed.

    Murphy had no idea what to do with these little guys, so he simply continued: "In Taiwan, on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, there is a custom of unmarried women 'stealing vegetables to beg men'. Beautifully decorated women go to other people's vegetable gardens to steal green onions and vegetables under the moonlight.  , after picking it secretly, it indicates that she will meet the right husband. Therefore, there is a proverb in Taiwan, 'Stealing green onions, marrying a good husband; stealing vegetables, marrying a good son-in-law'."

    Everyone was filled with confusion when they heard this, "Sister-in-law, is this really a custom?"

    "It shouldn't be false," Murphy said irresponsibly, "Since we talked about stealing vegetables to beg for a man, let me next talk about the custom of stealing melons to pray for children. In Hengyang, Hunan, on the Mid-Autumn Festival evening, there is a custom of giving melons.  One thing. 'Anyone who lives in a wealthy family and has been married to a wife who has been infertile for several years will have relatives and friends present melons. They will steal a winter melon from the vegetable garden for a few days. The owner of the garden must be kept unaware, and his face should be painted with colors and wrapped in clothes.  It is like a human figure on it. Hold it up to those who have longevity and longevity. Sound gold and fire cannons, and send it to their homes. The elderly place winter melons on the bed to cover them. Remember the sun in the door. If you sow melons, you will get melons. If you sow beans, you will get beans. Receive.  The owner of the melon will prepare a grand feast to entertain him, and if it happens again, the woman will cut open the melon and eat it. According to popular legend, this is most true in Hengyang. Any family in the village who is married and has children, as long as they are popular.  There will be people in the village who will give them children."

    "Umis there such a custom?" The little guys grinned. In their opinion, this is absolute feudal superstition.

    Murphy smiled and said: "Of course, in other areas of Hunan, there is also the custom of giving melons to children, similar to Hengyang. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the owner is not at home watching the moon, a good neighbor will secretly give him children.  The person giving the baby must be a person with children. They first select the melon garden of the most evil family in the village, steal a big winter melon from the garden, and draw the face of the doll on the melon. Then they use a five-inch long piece  A small bamboo tube is inserted into the abdomen of the winter melon, and water is poured into it along the bamboo tube until it is full. The person who gave the child hid the winter melon in the owner's bed, and when the owner returned to the room to sleep, he pulled the quilt with his hands. When the winter melon doll moved, the water would  It flowed out along the bamboo tube, just like a child who wets the bed. People who throw melons scold them when they get up early in the morning. It is said that the more fierce the scolding, the stronger the babies will be in the future. If ruguo really gives birth to a child in the second year, he will have to  Children look up to the person who gave them to them as their 'godfather' or 'godmother'."

    ¡°Well, it¡¯s true that there¡¯s not only one dif¨¡ng person who believes so.¡± The little guys couldn¡¯t help but roll their eyes.

    "There is also a custom in Guizhou of stealing melons and giving them away. When you steal melons at night, you deliberately let the person who was stolen know it, so as to arouse scolding. The louder the scolding, the better. After the melon is stolen, you must put on clothes and draw eyebrows for it.  Pretend to be a child, beat gongs and drums, carry the melon on a bamboo pole, and deliver it to a childless family. The person who receives the melon must treat the person who gives the melon to a meal of moon cakes, then sleep with the melon all night, and give the melon to him the next morning.  Cook and eat them, thinking that you will be pregnant from now on. In the area of ??Shexian County, Anhui Province, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, adults let children enjoy other people's Japanese melons or mother-in-law taro with their mothers and children, and put them on the quilt of the newlyweds dripping with mud and water.  Inside, the mattress is extremely dirty. This is a way to express sending off a child. There is a poem that says: "Sending a child off is a beautiful story during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is always suitable for men to send melons and taro seeds. Innocent people cherish the red damask quilt the most. It is embarrassing to drag mud with water."  .'" Murphy added.

    The little guys shook their heads slightly and said, "Sister-in-law, why are there so many legends about giving away children!"

    "It's an old Chinese saying!" Murphy said helplessly: "Isn't there a saying called n¨¤me? There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no heirs is the worst!"

    The little guys were no stranger to this sentence. They could only nod their heads and said, "Hey, it's true!"

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The poor and ugly family always have the most problems, so Shihou asked casually and said, ¡°Sister-in-law, you said that there are three types of unfilial piety, the most important is not having an offspring, and there are two unfilial piety: shime?¡±

    The little guys also looked over curiously. Speaking of which, they were really not very fond of each other. There are three kinds of unfilial piety. Which three are they?

    "Oh, this!" Murphy explained: "'There are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having children' comes from??Mencius. Li Lou Shang¡·.  The original text is: "There are three kinds of unfilial piety. The greatest is not having an issue. Shun married without complaining, which was considered to be without an issue. A gentleman thought that he would still complain."  In the Commentary on the Thirteen Classics, there is a note under "It is great to have no descendants": "There are three ways to be unfilial when it comes to etiquette. It is said that Ayi is obedient, and it is unjust to trap relatives. The first is unfilial; if the family is poor, relatives and the elderly are not  Being a high-ranking official is the second act of unfilial piety; not marrying and having no children, and not being able to worship ancestors are the third act of unfilial piety.  Among the three, no descendant is the greatest.  'Explained in vernacular, it means blindly obeying and failing to persuade your parents when they see their faults, causing them to fall into injustice. This is the first kind of unfilial piety; your family is poor and your parents are old, but you don't go to work as an official to earn a salary to support them.  Parents, this is the second kind of unfilial piety; not marrying a wife and having children, cutting off future generations, this is the third kind of unfilial piety.  "

    "Mingb¨¢i." The little guys nodded.

    But most of these little guys are still young. Even if they have heard about these things, they don¡¯t think much about them, and Murphy won¡¯t say much either.  But continue to talk about the Mid-Autumn Festival.

    "In Xiamen, Fujian, every time the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the streets and alleys of Xiamen in the dusk will hear the sweet jingle of dice against porcelain bowls during cake betting. Xiamen's 'Bo Cake' is also called 'Bo Mid-Autumn Cake'  ', 'Expo Cake'. The formation of this custom is related to the national hero Zheng Chenggong. It is said that more than 300 years ago, Zheng Chenggong stationed troops in Xiamen. Every August 15th when the moon is full, the soldiers who are full of pride to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty  It is inevitable for us to feel homesick for our loved ones. In order to relieve and comfort the soldiers who miss their hometown and relatives during the festival, Zheng Chenggong¡¯s subordinate Hong Xu invented a cake betting game, allowing soldiers to watch the moon and gamble for cakes. Zheng Chenggong personally approved that from the 13th day of the lunar calendar to  On the 18th, for six nights before and after, the army took turns admiring the moon and betting on cakes on odd and even days. This unique game was gradually spread and improved among the people and became an interesting folk activity. In the early years, betting on the number one cake was mostly for relatives, friends or  Among sworn brothers and sisters, everyone contributes money to buy mooncakes for one or two mooncakes, and they win the prize together. Whoever wins the "top prize" will give one to everyone during the Mid-Autumn Festival next year. If there is a boy among them, he will give two mooncakes. In this way, there will be no increase every year.  The number of cakes is increasing, so we have to separate into two independent groups. Generally, families are hosted by the elders and buy one or two cakes every year. The whole family gathers in a circle to share the cakes." Murphy said slowly.

    "Yeah." The little guys nodded.

    Murphy added: "The Hakka people's customs of eating moon cakes and admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival are roughly the same as those in other parts of the country. The Hakka people call it the August Festival or August Half. Whenever the full moon rises during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Hakka people gather in the courtyard early  Facing the dif¨¡ng where the moon rises, moon cakes, peanuts, grapefruits and other fruits are placed on the , balcony, or the heping in front of the house to prepare for the "Moonlight Respect" activity. After worshiping the moon, the whole family enjoys the moon and eats outside.  The moon is an adult's business. Children usually don't sit there and admire the moon. Instead, they chase and play under the bright moonlight. This is their paradise. And eating is a bit particular. Parents  People are often allowed to eat these sacrifices to the Moon God first. In the Chinese sacrificial culture, there is a tradition that after the god has enjoyed it, the sacrifices are often eaten by the sacrificers, so that the entire sacrificial ritual ends. We divide  Eating guog not only accepts the blessing of the moon god, but also fulfills the traditional sacrificial culture. The people of Meixian County say that eating these sacrifices makes you more "behaved", and eating those with good fortune will make you more auspicious.  In Meizhou, in addition to mooncakes, a traditional Mid-Autumn food with universal significance, pomelo is an indispensable festival food. The varieties include golden pomelo, also called Shatian pomelo, honey pomelo or crystal pomelo. Eating pomelo also has a certain meaning.  . For example, cutting open a grapefruit is called Shayou, which has the meaning of exorcising evil spirits. It is also said that peeling a grapefruit peel is peeling a ghost skin, which expresses the wish to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. In addition to ordinary mooncakes, mooncakes in the Hakka area include 'five-nut mooncakes'.  ', and there is also a round cake of different sizes made of glutinous rice flour and sugar. Although the social economy continues to advance, the Hakka people have always inherited the traditional food culture and are developing folk food culture, and the Central Plains heritage has always remained unchanged."

    "Um."

    Murphy thought for a while and then said: "I just talked about most of the same customs. Now let me talk about Shanghai's customs. Shanghai's Mid-Autumn Festival customs include worshiping the moon and burning incense buckets. When worshiping the moon, when the moon rises,  Starting from the beginning, a case was set up in the open air, and food such as moon cakes, fruits, edamame, taro and lotus root were offered, as well as the moon palace symbol of the Jade Rabbit standing with a pestle and pounding medicine. In the old days, the moon belonged to the yin, and when offering sacrifices to the moon, women worshiped first.  Men bow after the moon, which is also said to be "men don't worship the moon". After the moon worship is completed, the family eats reunion wine, moon-appreciating dinner, etc.  Women who go back to their parents' home temporarily must return to their husband's home on Mid-Autumn Festival because it is the Reunion Festival.  People in Shanghai call it "walking on the moon" when going out to admire the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.  Women go out together at night, which is called "moon walking".  The Lujia Stone Bridge outside Xiaodongmen, Shanghai. The reflection of the bright moon in the water under the bridge forms a wonderful contrast with the bright moon in the sky.  Therefore, there are many tourists on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, vying to watch it.  This "Shiliang Night Moon" is very famous in Shanghai and is called one of the "Eight Scenic Spots in Shanghai".  Shanghai folk still have the custom of burning incense and fighting with each other.  The so-called incense bucket, also known as the incense bucket, is made by a paper-making shop. It has a square shape, with a big top and a small bottom. The big one is about two feet wide on all sides.  The incense cup is surrounded by gauze and silk, painted withThere are pictures of buildings, pavilions and pavilions in the Moon Palace, and some incense buckets are made of incense sticks, with decorations such as the paper Dragon Gate Star and colorful flags inserted into the buckets.  The scene of burning incense and fighting during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Shanghai is the most popular in Nanyuan.  In addition, special large incense pipes are lit on the bridges of many bridges outside the city.  "

    "Shanghai" The poor man Chou blinked and said doubtfully, "Why didn't I know? I live in Shanghai!"

    Others are also curious.

    Murphy shrugged and said: "I have said that this is basically an old custom. Well, things have changed a lot in Shanghai! Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival in two days? Pay attention!"

    "That's okay!" The poor man Chou nodded.  I made up my mind to see how Shanghai celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival.

    Murphy added: "In the old days, some women in Dongguan believed that 'Yue Lao was a matchmaker.' Anyone who had an adult man or woman in the family and unintentionally fell in love would burn incense and candles under the moon at the third watch of the Mid-Autumn Festival and beg Yue Lao to match them. According to legend,  On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, quietly soaking up the moonlight can make women pregnant. In some areas, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, some women who have been married for a long time and are infertile will go out of their homes and bathe in the moonlight, hoping to give birth to a child soon. This is called "lighting the moon".  The moon and the custom of walking on three bridges means traveling under the moonlight and walking across at least three bridges. Shanghai also has this custom. The so-called walking on three bridges is obviously a way to survive misfortune."

    ¡°Sister-in-law, these customs you mentioned are unreliable.¡± The little guys shouted.

    "But people believed it at the time!" Murphy did not bother with them and said, "Okay, what I just talked about are basically Han customs. I will talk about the customs of minority ethnic groups, and today's story is over.  !¡±

    "Yeah, yeah." Hearing Murphy's words, the little guys nodded sharply.

    Murphy said slowly: "The custom of worshiping and worshiping the moon is also popular among ethnic minorities. The first is the Dai people. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Dai people in Yunnan have a popular custom of 'moon worship'. According to the legend of the Dai people, the moon is the third emperor of the emperor.  His son Yan Jian was transformed. Yan Jian was a brave and strong young man. He once led the Dai people to defeat the enemy and won the love of the Dai folks. Later, after his unfortunate death, he turned into the moon and rose into the sky. He continued to emit soft sounds.  The moonlight brings light to the Dai people in the darkness. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, young men take gunpowder guns and go up to the mountains early in the morning to shoot finches and pheasants and hunt for festive game. Girls and wives are busy going to the lake.  Catch fish. They are all busy preparing for the festival dinner. The old lady is busy pounding glutinous rice. Making food of different sizes, put a glutinous rice round cake on each of the four table corners, and put a stick of cold incense on each cake. Wait.  As soon as the moon rises over the mountains and forests, cold incense is lit, and the whole family begins to worship the moon. Then, gunpowder guns are fired into the sky to show respect for the hero. Finally, the whole family sits happily in the small  At the square table, taste the food, talk, laugh and admire the moon, and then leave after enjoying yourself."

    The little guys shrugged and said, "Each dif¨¡ng has its own legends!"

    Murphy smiled and continued: "When the Oroqen people worship the moon, they put a basin of water in the open space, place the sacrifices, and then kneel in front of the basin and bow to the moon; the Tu people use basins to fill the water with the reflection of the moon.  After receiving the water in the basin, people keep hitting the moon in the basin with small stones, which is commonly known as "beating the moon". The Zhuang people in western Guangxi have a more typical activity of "sacrifice to the moon and invite gods". In mid-August of the lunar calendar every year, some people  On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people set up a table in the open air at the head and end of the village to place sacrifices and incense burners. On the right side of the table, there is a tree branch or bamboo branch about one foot high, which symbolizes the social tree and also serves as the ladder for the moon god to descend to earth and ascend to heaven.  The ancient moon myth elements are preserved here. The whole activity is divided into: inviting the moon god to come down to earth, with one or two women as the spokesperson of the moon god; antiphonal songs between gods and men; fortune telling by the moon god; singers singing incantations to send gods,  The four stages of sending the Moon God back to heaven.¡±

    "Yeah, yeah, yeah." The little guys continued to nod.

    "On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Mongolian people love to play the game of 'Chasing the Moon'. People mount their horses and gallop on the grassland under the silvery moonlight. They gallop towards the west, and the moon rises in the east and falls in the west. Persistence The Mongolian riders will not stop chasing the moon until the moon sets in the west. The custom of Tibetan compatriots in some areas of Tibet to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival is to 'moon-seeking'. On that night, young men, women and children follow the reflection in the water along the river. The bright moon fills the zhouw¨¦i river pond with its shadow, and then we go home to reunite and eat moon cakes. The Hezhe people 'sacrifice the moon'. In the Hezhe people's settlements in northeastern my country, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people pick grapes and worship the moon. According to legend, In memory of a smart and hard-working daughter-in-law of the Hezhe ethnic group. Unable to bear the abuse of her mother-in-law, she ran to the river to ask for help from the moon. Finally, she ran to the moon. Young men and women of the Deang ethnic group in Luxi, Yunnan, every Mid-Autumn Festival when the moon is high, In the exceptionally bright Shihou, at the top of the mountain and at the end of the mountain, a melodious sound of gourd sheng can be heard from time to time. Young men and women gather together to "string the moon" to express their feelings. Some even "string the moon" to send guests bananas and tea to make engagements. Axi The traditional custom of people celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival is to 'dance over the moon'. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people gather from various villages toArriving at the open space in the mountain village, the girl in the veil jumped up, and the young man with the big sanxian on his shoulders jumped up.  However, what is particularly sultry is the antiphonal song in which young men and women express their love. F¨£ngfo The moon is also moved by the sound of the moon. The Miao people's "Moon Festival" Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, the Miao people are bathed in the silky moonlight.  Playing the melodious Lusheng and dancing Miao songs and dances, the young people look for each other's loved ones in the "Moon Making" activity, and express their love to each other like the moon and clear water, with pure and bright hearts, and a lasting friendship for a hundred years.  "Murphy said a string of words in one breath. What surprised her was that the little guys actually muttered.

    I couldn¡¯t help but asked curiously: ¡°Don¡¯t you say something Shime?¡±

    "No time." Bo Bo agreed casually.

    "Huh?" Murphy was stunned, turned to look at Zhuoer, and saw Zhuoer sighing slightly and raising his chin at Luo Wei.

    Murphy turned around and looked over, only to find Lowe playing shorthand over there.

    Murphy's mouth twitched and asked: "Xiao Wei, why are you remembering this? Also, you are not remembering this, are you? This is purely for your entertainment!"

    The little guys are so happy.

    Maomaoyu complained: "Sister Fei'er, do you think they are doing shime? Are they planning to use this to deceive those ignorant little girls?"

    Murphy was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized, and then he couldn't laugh or cry for a while, and said: "I said, are you listening to this attentively just so that you can pick up girls?"

    The little guys continued to have fun.

    "Sister-in-law, you can't just ignore so many of us single people now that you have a boss, right? It's the Mid-Autumn Festival! It's just the right time for n¨¦nggou to seduce, ahem, seduce girls!"

    Well, although Murphy was speechless about this, these little guys would not be evil-minded. After thinking about it, Murphy continued: "In addition to the famous tribe just now, the Gaoshan tribe living in the mountains of Taiwan Province  During the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon hangs high and the light shines all over the earth, compatriots, dressed in national costumes, sit around singing and dancing, drinking wine, admiring the moon, and sharing family happiness. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Dong Township, Hunan, there is an interesting folk custom  The custom of 'stealing moon vegetables'. According to legend, in ancient times, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fairies in the moon palace will descend to the lower world, and they will spread the nectar all over the world. The nectar of the fairies is selfless, so people can enjoy the fruits and melons sprinkled with nectar together that night.  Vegetables. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dong girls hold flower umbrellas and choose the gardens of their beloved children to pick vegetables without being seen as 'stealing'. They also shout deliberately: 'Hey  ! Your melons and vegetables have been torn away by me. Come to my house to eat oil tea!' It turns out that they are using the Moon Palace Fairy to pass on the red thread. If ruguo can pick a melon and fruit with parallel stems, it means that they can have a happy life.  Love. Therefore, the beans that grow in pairs have become the objects for them to pick. The sisters-in-law also went to other gardens to "steal moon vegetables" that night, but they hoped to pick the fattest melon or a handful.  Fresh and green edamame, because it symbolizes the fatness of children and the health of their hair. Oh, the homophone of edamame refers to children. Young men also have the custom of "stealing moon vegetables" because they also hope that the Moon Palace Fairy will give them happiness.  . However, they can only cook and eat them in the wild and cannot take them home. 'Stealing moon vegetables' adds infinite joy and magic to the Mid-Autumn Festival night in the Dong village." After saying this, Murphy  Specifically asked: "Have you remembered everything?"

    "Hehe! Remember it!" The little guys were happy.

    Murphy shrugged and said, "Okay, that's the end of the story. Let's take it in and wish you a happy date!"

    The little guys burst out laughing, my sister-in-law is very knowledgeable!

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