Autumn festivals mainly include:
First, Chinese Valentine's Day
The main custom in Chinese Valentine's Day is begging for cleverness. Why is it called begging for cleverness festival? Because autumn is coming and the weather is cold, women have to weave fabrics to prepare winter clothes. July is the time for women to weave, and it is the time for women to start sewing. Therefore, women should be skillful first and hope that they are ingenious.
Vega is called Vega precisely because it is the symbol of July or weaving month. At first, when there was no written almanac, the date of begging for cleverness was determined at any time according to the observation of Vega's position, which was called observing the image and timing. Therefore, Chinese Valentine's Day and his custom of begging for cleverness and the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl all originated from the custom of keeping time according to Vega.
Second, the Mid-Autumn Festival
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival. People generally carry out ancestor worship activities. No matter the rich or the poor, they should prepare dining tables and paper money to pay homage to the dead to show their memory of the dead ancestors.
the meaning of Zhongyuan is extended from the Lantern Festival. In ancient times, the first full moon in the first month was called Shangyuan (so the Lantern Festival was also called Shangyuan Festival), July was the middle of the year, and the first full moon in July was called Zhongyuan, because it was the festival name.
Mid-Autumn Festival
On the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, China people will look up at the full moon in the sky, eat sweet moon cakes and spend a warm evening with their families. In the minds of China people, the Mid-Autumn Festival is made up of the moon, the night and the home.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a circle, the circle of the moon, the circle of moon cakes, and the beautiful reunion that everyone is pursuing. Reunion is the theme of Mid-Autumn Festival and the final destination of China people's cultural psychology.
Fourth, the Double Ninth Festival
In the ancient concept of Yin and Yang, nine was regarded as a positive number. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, every month and every day meets the sun, so people call this day Chongyang, also known as Double Ninth Festival. As for the origin of many customs of the Double Ninth Festival, some people think that it originated from the activities of sacrificing stars, while others think it is related to the ancient harvest customs.
Five, Cold Clothes Festival
The first day of the tenth lunar month is a traditional cold clothes festival in China. On this day, people will pay homage to their ancestors and express their grief in various ways.
Because of the story of Meng Jiangnv who traveled thousands of miles to find her husband to send cold clothes, the first day of the tenth lunar month is called "Cold Clothes Festival" inside and outside the Great Wall. "Burning cold clothes on the first day of October" has long been a custom in the north to mourn the deceased relatives.
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