The Origin of Harvest Festival
Every year on the 10th day of October in the lunar calendar, during the slack season after the autumn harvest, guests naturally come to get together without saying hello, and even strangers passing by can come into the house to attend the banquet. On the morning of the festival, every household in the village cooked more than ten kilograms of oil and white cakes for the guests, and killed chickens and ducks to fry fish.
At noon, wine and meat appeared, and friends and relatives gathered from all directions. People talked about the harvest of a year while eating, and everyone was immersed in the joy of harvest. Before leaving, the host also packed a few pieces of oil and white cakes for each guest to take home, so that the family could share the joy of harvest. In the evening, young men and women also sing folk songs and stay up all night, which is very lively.
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In China, the 10th day of the 10th lunar month is a traditional harvest festival with thousands of years' history. Mainly to celebrate a year's harvest, offering sacrifices to the god of harvest "Yan Di Shennong". In China, people think that the Double Tenth Festival of the lunar calendar is a "perfect" auspicious day, and people who get married on this day even think it is a "perfect marriage".
Every harvest festival, children who go out to work at home will come back for the holidays, and married women will also bring their son-in-law and children back for the holidays. Especially if there are elderly people at home, the children will come back for the holidays. Villagers also like to bring friends back for the holidays. Whoever comes back in time has more friends, which proves that this family is the most United, harmonious and popular.
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