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History of the Mid-Autumn Festival
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There is a long history of the Mid-Autumn Festival and other traditional festivals, is also slowly evolved, the ancient emperors are coming spring, autumn festival on the officiating system, as early as in "Zhou", a book has been "altogether" in the records. Later aristocrats and scholars Bachelor also follow up in the Mid-Autumn season, facing another round-the sky is a Haoyue, ornamental worship, pinned sentiment, it is so spread the practice of civil, forming a traditional activities until the Tang Dynasty, this festival, more attention to the custom, before Mid-Autumn Festival a fixed festival, "Tang Taizong of the mind" records "Mid-Autumn Festival", a popular festival in the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and New Year's Day Ming has become one of China's major holidays.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is very rich in legends, acclamation, cutting Gui Wu Gang, Yutu destroyed the myth of the story of a very wide spread.
Legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival - acclamation
It was, the sky is ancient time on the 10th at the same time, crops wither helpful to health, sluggish, gave the name of a hero, 1930s, he sympathized with the suffering of the people, boarded the Kunlun Peak, Wan foot divinity, God opened arch, real life over nine-under the sun, and the final one around the sun vicissitudes of time, benefit the people.
Therefore shot by the respect and affection of the people, Ho married a beautiful kind-hearted wife, named Chang'e. Ho Chuan-yi except hunting, and his wife living together, people are envious of this biography of love couples.
Many admiring brought to Yevgeny Wells, and not Peng Meng - mindedness also mixed in..
Day turned to the Kunlun Mountains and friends seek Road, from the coincidence of Queen, the Queen Mother then obtained a packet of immortality. It is said that taking a drug can instantly ascend to heaven or a god. However, his wife gave birth reluctant, but the moment of immortality to the Chang'e collection. Chang will be the vanity drug possession into 100-Kit, was unexpectedly Peng Meng see a villain, he would like to eating their own immortality of becoming immortal.
Three days later, again causing only go out hunting, the shuffle Peng Meng pretend illness, stayed. Everyone was left to be discovered soon, Peng Meng Nadu armed with sword into the backyard, intimating Chang'e surrender of immortality. Chang Peng Meng not know their opponent, critical when she decisive turnaround opened 100-Kit, a show of immortality swallowed continue. Chang swallow medicine, the body immediately drifted ground, out of windows, fly to the sky. As Chang worried about her husband, then fly to the moon from the earth, has become the latest cents.
The evening turned back home, the maid had cried the day after it. Hot Hollywood is scared, Choujian rarely thing, Peng Meng early escape, shot - against wailing and beating his chest and stamped their feet, distraught, look up the night sky calling his wife's name, when he was surprised to find that today's full moon exceptionally bright, but there is a movement figure resembles Chang. He desperately to recover towards the moon, but his recovery-step, three-step retreat moon, he three-step retreat, the moon into three steps, no matter what neither front.
Hot helpless, misses his wife, had sent people to the Chang'e favorite in the garden, placed incense, placed her most favorite foods, usually fresh fruit honey, remember the Moon Palace, the Chang'e own miss. People who know acclamation becoming immortal hear the news, all the decorations on the table, to pray for good fortune good Chang Ping.
Since then, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Baidoa, the custom spread of the civil.
Two legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival - Wu Gang won
There are a legend on the Mid-Autumn Festival: It was a cold moon before the exuberance of osmanthus trees, more than 500 high height, The above is an often felled in it, but each time had to, cut the closure of the place immediately. For thousands of years, such as with a cut, how the osmanthus trees will not be cut. It is said that this tree-felling people named Wu Gang is the Han River, has followed fairy seminarians to the community days, but he made a mistake, he exiled to hear fairy Moon Palace, the day to do this job so futile to show punishment. Li Bai's poems are "to use GUI mid-holders to pay for the cold," records.
Three legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival - Zhu Yuanzhang and cakes Uprising
It was the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes at the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the majority of the people unbearable Zhongyuan ruling class and the brutality of the Yuan dynasty rule, have anti-intifada yuan. Zhu Yuanzhang joint rostrum resistance forces to the intifada. But officers and soldiers searched throughout the very tight, very difficult to impart information. Adviser will come up with a ploy to mention, under the orders of the "August 15 night Uprising" possession of a piece of paper inside the pancake and then sent into the field around the rebel army, informing them of the intifada in the evening on August 15 response. The day of the uprising to the rostrum, together Yijun response, the rebel army as accurately.
Soon, Xu scored on the 1271-1368 intifada succeeded. News of Zhu Yuanzhang happy quick-mouth under the encyclical, in the coming Mid-Autumn Festival, and all the officers and men to the same music, and then started a secret message when the "moon cakes", as a seasonal cakes reward ministers. Since then, the "moon cakes" made more sophisticated, more variety, if the disk, a gift of Jiapin. After the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes have been open to civil.
中秋节有悠久的历史，和其它传统节日一样，也是慢慢发展形成的，古代帝王有春天祭日，秋天祭月的礼制，早在《周礼》一书中，已有“中秋”一词的记载。后来贵族和文人学士也仿效起来，在中秋时节，对着天上又亮又圆一轮皓月，观赏祭拜，寄托情怀，这种习俗就这样传到民间，形成一个传统的活动，一直到了唐代，这种祭月的风俗更为人们重视，中秋节才成为固定的节日，《唐书·太宗记》记载有“八月十五中秋节”，这个节日盛行于宋朝，至明清时，已与元旦齐名，成为我国的主要节日之一。
中秋节的传说是非常丰富的，嫦娥奔月，吴刚伐桂，玉兔捣药之类的神话故事流传甚广。
中秋传说之一——嫦娥奔月
相传，远古时候天上有十日同时出现，晒得庄稼枯死，民不聊生，一个名叫后羿的英雄，力大无穷，他同情受苦的百姓，登上昆仑山顶，运足神力，拉开神弓，一气射下九个多太阳，并严令最后一个太阳按时起落，为民造福。
后羿因此受到百姓的尊敬和爱戴，后羿娶了个美丽善良的妻子，名叫嫦娥。后羿除传艺狩猎外，终日和妻子在一起，人们都羡慕这对郎才女貌的恩爱夫妻。
不少志士慕名前来投师学艺，心术不正的蓬蒙也混了进来。
一天，后羿到昆仑山访友求道，巧遇由此经过的王母娘娘，便向王母求得一包不死药。据说，服下此药，能即刻升天成仙。然而，后羿舍不得撇下妻子，只好暂时把不死药交给嫦娥珍藏。嫦娥将药藏进梳妆台的百宝匣里，不料被小人蓬蒙看见了，他想偷吃不死药自己成仙。
三天后，后羿率众徒外出狩猎，心怀鬼胎的蓬蒙假装生病，留了下来。待后羿率众人走后不久，蓬蒙手持宝剑闯入内宅后院，威逼嫦娥交出不死药。嫦娥知道自己不是蓬蒙的对手，危急之时她当机立断，转身打开百宝匣，拿出不死药一口吞了下去。嫦娥吞下药，身子立时飘离地面、冲出窗口，向天上飞去。由于嫦娥牵挂着丈夫，便飞落到离人间最近的月亮上成了仙。
傍晚，后羿回到家，侍女们哭诉了白天发生的事。后羿既惊又怒，抽剑去杀恶徒，蓬蒙早逃走了，后羿气得捶胸顿足，悲痛欲绝，仰望着夜空呼唤爱妻的名字，这时他惊奇地发现，今天的月亮格外皎洁明亮，而且有个晃动的身影酷似嫦娥。他拼命朝月亮追去，可是他追三步，月亮退三步，他退三步，月亮进三步，无论怎样也追不到跟前。
后羿无可奈何，又思念妻子，只好派人到嫦娥喜爱的后花园里，摆上香案，放上她平时最爱吃的蜜食鲜果，遥祭在月宫里眷恋着自己的嫦娥。百姓们闻知嫦娥奔月成仙的消息后，纷纷在月下摆设香案，向善良的嫦娥祈求吉祥平安。
从此，中秋节拜月的风俗在民间传开了。
中秋传说之二——吴刚折桂
关于中秋节还有一个传说：相传月亮上的广寒宫前的桂树生长繁茂，有五百多丈高，下边有一个人常在砍伐它，但是每次砍下去之后，被砍的地方又立即合拢了。几千年来，就这样随砍随合，这棵桂树永远也不能被砍光。据说这个砍树的人名叫吴刚，是汉朝西河人，曾跟随仙人修道，到了天界，但是他犯了错误，仙人就把他贬谪到月宫，日日做这种徒劳无功的苦差使，以示惩处。李白诗中有“欲斫月中桂，持为寒者薪”的记载。
中秋传说之三——朱元璋与月饼起义
中秋节吃月饼相传始于元代。当时，中原广大人民不堪忍受元朝统治阶级的残酷统治，纷纷起义抗元。朱元璋联合各路反抗力量准备起义。但朝庭官兵搜查的十分严密，传递消息十分困难。军师刘伯温便想出一计策，命令属下把藏有“八月十五夜起义”的纸条藏入饼子里面，再派人分头传送到各地起义军中，通知他们在八月十五日晚上起义响应。到了起义的那天，各路义军一齐响应，起义军如星火燎原。
很快，徐达就攻下元大都，起义成功了。消息传来，朱元璋高兴得连忙传下口谕，在即将来临的中秋节，让全体将士与民同乐，并将当年起兵时以秘密传递信息的“月饼”，作为节令糕点赏赐群臣。此后，“月饼”制作越发精细，品种更多，大者如圆盘，成为馈赠的佳品。以后中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间流传开来。
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