Source: Gaotai Xingnan Gas Station
In the blink of an eye, the annual Mid-Autumn Festival is ushered in again.
Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the world's famous festivals. It is public holidays in China, Vietnam, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Singapore. Among them, the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays in China, Japan and South Korea are three days, and Singapore, North Korea and Vietnam are one day.
North Korea Mid-Autumn Festival Gala (Photo thanks: People's Daily)
Vietnamese girl Xinhua News Agency reporters took photos in front of the shop (Photo thanks: Xinhuanet)
In Vietnam, local shops will place various gongs and drums, lion dance heads, paper lanterns and sacrificial supplies to the public.
Mid-Autumn Festival (alias: mid-autumn, autumn evening, August Festival, August half, reunion festival, English name: Midaoutumn Festival), also known as the Moon Festival, is the second largest traditional festival in East Asia after the Spring Festival. On August 15th of the lunar calendar (Johnson version), the moon is the roundest time of the year. The Book of Rites, which was compiled more than 2,500 years ago, recorded in the Book of Rites, "The Emperor's Spring Sun, the Autumn Moon", the evening moon is the sacrifice to the moon, which means that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the emperor had already begun to sacrifice to the moon and worship the moon. This is actually the development and extension of the ancient Sumerian moon god worship.
Moon cakes appeared approximately in the Northern Song Dynasty
In the medieval Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon sacrifice was determined as a festival in the form of law. The "Book of Tang Dynasty: Taizong's Record" records the "Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th". This festival was also inherited by the neighboring countries of the Tang Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 AD), August 15th was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the seasonal food "small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and sauerk" appeared - moon cakes. Meng Yuanlao's "Dream of Tokyo" says: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family is decorated with terraces, and the people compete to occupy the restaurant to play the moon"; and "the strings are heavy and heavy, and the residents are close to the inner room. I hear the sound of sings and taros late at night, just like outside the clouds. Children in the room are all wedding dramas at night; the night market is full of all, and it is well-known." Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang" says: "At this time, the golden phoenix is refreshing, the jade dew is cool, the elixir fragrance is floating, and the silver toad is full of light. The princess and grandchildren of the rich family all climb the dangerous building, play the moon in the pavilion, or open the broad pavilion, and the tortoise banquets are listed, and the zither is firm, drinking wine and singing to the night to make the joy. When you go to the house like a pavilion, you also go to the small moon platform to arrange family banquets and gather children to pay for the festival. Even people with poor alleys and poor baskets can help the wine and reluctant to waste it. This night, the Tianjie Street sells and buys until the Wugu , the traveler of the moon, the mother-in-law is in the market, and it is burning endlessly. "What's more interesting is that "Newly edited Drunken Old Man's Talk" records the custom of worshiping the moon: "The children of a beautiful family do not follow the rich and poor to the twelve and thirteenth, but are all decorated with the eyes of adults. They climb the tower or the atrium to burn incense and worship the moon, and each has its own habits; men wish to step into the toad palace early and climb up to the fairy osmanthus. ... Women wish to look like Chang'e, round as the bright moon."
Japanese dance and enjoy the moon on the Mid-Autumn night
It is worth mentioning that there are two Mid-Autumn Festivals in Japan: except for the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the thirteenth day of September is the same. Although Japan abolished the lunar calendar after the Meiji Restoration, the custom of watching the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is still retained in various places. In Japan, the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is called the "Fifteenth Night" or the "Mid-Autumn Moon". Japanese people also have the custom of watching the moon on this day, which is called "Moon View" in Japanese. There are no mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Japan. They eat a kind of pastry called "Quinmi Tuanzi (つきみだんご)", which is a kind of pastry made of glutinous rice.
Of course, at the birthplace of the Mid-Autumn Festival, China's Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations are particularly exciting and rich.This is especially true in Hanzhong, an ancient city known as the birthplace of the Han family -
For example, during the Mid-Autumn Festival 2021, the Ancient Town of Zhuge in Hanzhong will include:
-September 21
" Warm Mid-Autumn Festival family joy Gather together in the ancient town to celebrate reunion”
The fourth Zhuge Ancient Town
Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Tourism Festival
Zhuge Jun invites you to gather in the ancient town
Together
Check in the autumn scenery
Dance "The Country of Etiquette"
Performance time: 13:30-13:35, 16:00-16:05
The great country, the country of etiquette
Let us celebrate the festival with a song and dance
"Full Moon Three Kingdoms" Martial Arts Exhibition
Performance time: 13:35-13:40, 16:05-16:10
Promote masculinity and uprightness, carry forward the spirit of martial arts
Watch a Mid-Autumn Festival Martial Arts Exhibition!
Dance "Red Sleeve Running the Moon"
Performance time: 13:40-13:45, 16:10-16:15
A song in Gulongzhong Square Red Sleeve Running the Moon
The music is moving, the dance posture is graceful and cannot be missed!
"Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival" clown performance
Performance time: 13:45-13:55, 16:15-16:25
humorous performance, happy interaction
Mid-Autumn Festival should be so happy!
"Chinese Treasure" Hard Qigong
Performance time: 13:55-14:00, 16:25-16:30
The legendary unique skill - Hard Qigong
thrilling and exciting, come and watch!
"Full Moon Send Lovesickness" dance
Performance time: 13:55-14:00, 16:25-16:30
Full Moon Send Lovesickness, singing and dancing to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival
Come to the ancient town to see a beautiful Hanfu dance!
Three Kingdoms characters parade
Performance time: 14:30-15:30 (including two shows)
Soldiers of Shu Kingdom are in the domineering garden
Come and admire their mighty and heroic posture!
In addition, in the Wuhou Tomb Museum scenic area, there is also:
Event time: September 19-22, 2021 (Mid-Autumn Festival)
On the day of the event, any tourists entering the scenic area can taste the thousand-year-old osmanthus wine we carefully brewed for you.
◇ Activity 2:
Event time: October 1-7, 2021 (During the National Day)
Wear Hanfu and visit scenic spots. During the festival, we provide you with various Hanfu. You can go through the free rental procedures at the entrance of the scenic spot .
Special reminder: Due to the limited number of Hanfu, in order to meet the needs of tourists as much as possible, the free use time limit for Hanfu you rent is 1 hour . Over 1 hour, an overtime fee of 20 yuan per half an hour will be charged. Thank you for your understanding!
Wear a Hanfu and taste a glass of fine wine.
Wuhou Tomb Museum takes you to immersive ancient style garden.
I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy National Day!
Wuhou Tomb Museum
"Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day Double Festival" period preferential policies
021 "Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day Double Festival", in addition to tourists who enjoy the free ticket policy, our scenic spot also implements free ticket discounts for tourists who meet the following conditions.
Visitors who enjoy the free ticket policy are as follows:
, September 19-September 21, 2021, and from October 1 to October 7, 2021, ticket-free policy is implemented for medical workers across the country who have worked hard in epidemic prevention and control.
. Hanzhong candidates who took the college entrance examination before October 31, 2021 can enjoy a one-time free ticket discount with admission notices from colleges and universities.
. People born on the Mid-Autumn Festival and October 1st can visit the scenic spot for free with their valid ID.
. The free ticket policy announced in the scenic spot price announcement column is implemented as usual: active-duty soldiers (including retired cadres), disabled people, and elderly people over 65 years old (including 65 years old) with their valid certificates; free tickets are implemented for children under 6 years old (including 6 years old) or under 1.2 meters tall (including 1.2 meters).
Source: Mian County Wuhou Tomb Museum
