Different sense of ceremony in Mid-Autumn Festival

The golden wind is refreshing and the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. Mid-Autumn Festival is the same as America. Man and the moon are two circles. Among the four traditional festivals in China, Mid-Autumn Festival is the perfect combination of labor practice and poetic dwelling, natural taste and Dunhua ethics, and it is the gentlest festival different from Farming Festival. Whether it's the fragrance in moon cakes or the hustle and bustle of highways, human feelings and affection are the real coffee in the "C" position of this festival. Fortunately, the little happiness of a good life and the happy reunion of the prosperity of the home country make people feel bright and warm. In recent years, with the successful application of the "Twenty-four solar terms" in China, the traditional festival culture has also ushered in the "resurrection season". Cultivating cultural self-confidence and building a strong cultural country is a little effort of Shuimo. On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival on 20 18, many traditional cultural activities were also held in various places: for example, Guangxi held the final of the xx "I invite the bright moon to praise China" patriotic poetry reading contest, and presented a poetry feast for the people on the occasion of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China; For example, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shandong Scenic Area organized Yue Bai, autumn appreciation, half price and other activities ... From the community to the school, from the countryside to the street, with a strong cultural atmosphere and fiery Chinese style, online and offline universal music created a ceremonial "our festival".

Different Ritual Feelings of Mid-Autumn Festival (Part Two)

The theory of Mid-Autumn Festival first appeared in Zhou Li. "Book of Rites. "Moon Order" said: "Mid-autumn moon provides for the aged and goes to porridge diet." Some people also interpret the word "autumn" as "autumn when crops are ripe", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is still a custom passed down by the ancient "autumn newspaper". In a word, thousands of years of traditional sacrificial culture and a long tradition of farming have made this ancient festival inherit the meaning of "harmony" of Chinese civilization in the customs of worshipping the moon mother, decorating lanterns, indulging in singing and eating moon cakes. Mid-Autumn Festival is a particularly important festival for China people, which may be due to two reasons: First, the feelings of home and country. Only when there is a country can there be a home, and only when there is a home can there be a country-this is a dialectical unity. Powerful family style and harmonious family are the solid foundation of the country and the nation. Second, spring blossoms and autumn harvest is fruitful. In the struggle of the new era and the surging new Long March, there is always the hard work of spring, and only then can there be the fruitful results of autumn. The so-called "longing for a better life" is a simple desire for perfection, and this desire comes from the belief that happiness is difficult to achieve and strive for it. Or because of this, since 20 18, the annual lunar equinox has been established as "China Farmers Harvest Festival". This is also the first national festival specially set up for farmers. "Good season, I hope to get it every year, and the Mid-Autumn Moon will be together." This is the festival of China people, and it is the most perfect moment. Influenced by China culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is even a traditional festival in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese and overseas Chinese. North and south of the river, accompanied by the full moon, people get together, homesick, worship and pray, from ceremony to content, from folk customs to cultural inheritance-Mid-Autumn Festival, so they wrote the story of China and sang the voice of China.

Mid-Autumn Festival, family reunion. Let's have a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. Follow all the way, inherit all the way, feel endless feelings, feelings and culture in the sacrificial ceremony, and experience timeless customs, activities and courses. However, we still have to remember that according to the data of National Bureau of Statistics 20 17, there are 244 million floating population in China. They are working hard outside, and it is still an extravagant hope for them to leave their homes and reunite. Therefore, let our children know that there are not only moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also more innovations in public cultural services during the festival. The "root" and "soul" of excellent traditional culture can't stay on the internet forever, and stay in virtual space.

Different Ritual Sense of Mid-Autumn Festival (3)

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The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20th, 2006, the State Council was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage.

The Fourth Different Ritual Sense of Mid-Autumn Festival

Yue Bai should know that the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival and today's Mid-Autumn Festival are not the same concept. In the Tang Dynasty, which had the most holidays, August 15 was not a legal holiday. Nevertheless, this day is also the carnival day of "Little Sisters" in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, "Woman Yue Bai" felt like a self-portrait. Later, the custom of "Yue Bai" of women in the Tang Dynasty gradually became the Mid-Autumn Festival custom of women in China, hoping to "look like Chang 'e and the bright moon".

Cold knowledge of Mid-Autumn Festival —— The ancients' freestyle in Mid-Autumn Festival

During the prosperous Tang and Song Dynasties, appreciating the moon and writing poems became the Mid-Autumn Festival reserved items for ancient people. Literati invited the moon by climbing stairs or boating for the moon, drinking and writing poems, leaving countless well-known poems and songs. Su Shi, a literary giant in the Song Dynasty, chanted the beautiful sentence "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is full of rain and shine", which has been passed down to this day.

There are high spirits under the moon, and there are also "dolls with bitter hearts" under the moon. August 15, jathyapple, remembering brothers on a moonlit night. ...

Du Fu, a "poet saint", can be said to be the first person to miss home on a moonlit night. He was either stranded in other places because of the war, or was arranged by the court to work in another place, and he could not break the curse of "the full moon is hard to round".

Another Ritual Sense of Mid-Autumn Festival (5)

Yue Bai custom prevailed in ancient times, which originated from the natural worship and deification of the moon by ancestors. After the Zhou Dynasty, the casual worship of the sun and the moon evolved into a fixed time and place and a programmed ritual system, which became a symbol of imperial power. "Mandarin Zhou Yu" records: In ancient times, the first king won the world, respected God and taught Wen Jun day and night. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the ancient culture of China entered a new period of development. Especially after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the prosperity of national strength and economy laid a solid economic foundation for holiday amusement. The Mid-Autumn Festival, which was formed in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, developed Yue Bai activities monopolized by the royal family into a romantic festival for every family to enjoy the moon, and customs such as gathering, feasting, Yue Bai and writing poems also rose. The Ritual Process of Yue Bai in Mid-Autumn Festival

1. Take a shower, change clothes, take a shower and wear Hanfu.

Step 2 wear supplies

After the moon rises, put the sacrificial table, sacrifices, red candles and mats in the direction of the moon.

3, in place

Participants sat on the altar. Deacon and praise are in place.

4. Sacrifice the moon

Singing in praise: offering sacrifices to the moon. The priest went out and knelt before the banquet.

5. Incense and wine offerings

Praise: Sanxiang. The deacon handed three incense sticks, and the priest lit the candle, bowed to the moon god, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner. So three times. Chant: three offerings of wine. The deacon filled the glass and handed it to the priest. The priest spilled the wine on the floor in front of the table and put the glass on the sacrificial table. So three times.

6. Reading desire

The deacon handed a congratulatory message to the moon, and the priest read to the moon by moonlight and candlelight.

7. Burn greetings and moonlight paper.

The priest put the congratulatory message and moonlight paper in a small basin in front of the table and burned it.

8. Yue Bai

Singing in praise: Yue Bai. Bye-hing-bye-hing-stand up. The priest and the participants made a farewell ceremony to Luna (that is, twice).

9. Dedication

Praise singing: from dedication. The priest leaves the libation place, and the participants go to the libation place in order of age, kneel down, burn incense (choose three or one), pray silently, and then worship the moon god once. Until all the female participants have finished worshipping.

10, Licheng

Praise: Li Cheng. At this point, the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony was completed.

1 1. Divide the mooncakes and watermelons equally.

The priest took a knife and cut the moon cake evenly, one for each person. Watermelon has one petal for each person, and the fruit is for yourself.

12, catering

Remove the sacrificial table to enjoy the moon, and arrange a Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner under the moon, so that everyone can enjoy the moon and have a feast together.