Mid-Autumn Festival｜Taiwan

【Mid-Autumn Festival】
As the saying goes, "The moon is full and people are reunited." On the Mid-Autumn Festival, apart from barbecues, mooncakes, and a day off
Of course, we must also understand how this festival comes, and what other legends are there?

According to legend, the ancient emperors had the ritual system to worship the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. Later, nobles and literati began to follow suit. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, facing a round of bright moon in the sky, watching worship and entrusting their feelings, this custom spread to the people and became a traditional activity. Until the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival, set on August 15th of the lunar calendar. Because it happened to be in the middle of autumn, it was called the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it became one of the main festivals in our country.

Among the many legends of Mid-Autumn Festival, "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" is the most famous. According to legend, Houyi in ancient times married a beautiful Chang'e. One day, Hou Yi asked for a pack of immortal medicine. It is said that taking this medicine can instantly become a fairy! However, Hou Yi was reluctant to leave Chang'e, so he gave the undead medicine to Chang'e's collection.
Unexpectedly, when Pengmeng, the door-goer, saw the matter, he forced Chang'e to hand over the elixir, and Chang'e would take the elixir when it was critical. After swallowing the medicine, Chang'e's body immediately flew to the sky, and because he was worried about Houyi, he flew to the moon closest to the world and became a fairy. The distraught Hou Yi looked up at the night sky and called to his beloved wife. At this moment, he found that the moon was particularly round, especially bright and bright, and there was a swaying figure resembling Chang'e.
Hou Yi ordered the people to put up an incense table, put Chang'e's favorite honey and fresh fruit, and sacrifice to Chang'e in the moon palace. After hearing the news of Chang'e, the people put up incense cases at the bottom of the moon and prayed to the kind-hearted Chang'e Nine for auspiciousness and safety. Since then, the custom of worshipping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival spread among the people.

The custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival has gradually changed to that every family gathers for barbecue. Paobian feels that life is so busy now, and they are going to go to their own things. Everyone can use this to return home to reunite with their families to barbecue and help each other to accomplish one thing. It is also a satisfactory performance. Too!