Traditional Chinese culture: the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival and eating moon cakes (picture)

国学传统文化：中秋节和吃月饼的来历（图）

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from emperors offering sacrifices to the moon; The naming and eating of moon cakes originated from Zhu Yuanzhang.

-----Zhuge Changqing

It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.

Today people pay more and more attention to this festival.

In order to inherit national culture and enhance national cohesion, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday by the State Council since 2008. The whole country has three days off at the same time.

The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20, 2006, the festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival are the four traditional festivals of the Chinese nation and become an important part of Chinese culture

Zhuge Changqing wishes the world a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, a happy family and a healthy parents.

So how did the Mid-Autumn Festival come about?

Why eat moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Zhuge Changqing shared this history and culture with those who were destined for it.

1、 The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Zhuge Changqing: The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the "Mid-Autumn Festival" of emperors

The term "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first seen in "Zhou Li".

"Mid-Autumn Festival" is a very ancient custom in China.

According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, ancient emperors had the custom of offering sacrifices to the sun at the spring equinox, the earth at the summer solstice, the moon at the autumn equinox, and the sky at the winter solstice.

The sacrificial places are called the Sun Temple, the Earth Temple, the Moon Temple and the Temple of Heaven. It is located in four directions: southeast, northwest and northwest.

Many friends have been to Beijing. The Moon Altar in Beijing is the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties sacrificed the moon.

"The Book of Rites" records: "The Son of Heaven is in the morning of spring and on the evening of autumn."

The night of the moon here refers to the night of sacrificing to the moon.

This custom was not only practiced by emperors, officials and nobles, but also gradually spread to the people with the development of society.

This custom has been handed down from generation to generation. In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. The Book of the Tang Dynasty, Records of Taizong, recorded the "Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15".

Historically, this festival was popular in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China, as well as the New Year's Day.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival" because in the Chinese lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Mid-Autumn Festival.

The moon on August 15 is more round and brighter than the full moon in other months. At night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky, which is as bright as jade, and naturally look forward to family reunion. Travelers who are far away from home also take this opportunity to express their yearning for their hometown and relatives. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival".

2、 The origin of eating moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival

Zhuge Changqing: The Mid-Autumn Festival will eat some round cakes. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang named "round cakes" as "moon cakes" because of the August 15 uprising, and announced that "moon cakes will be eaten on the Mid-Autumn Festival" from then on.

Moon cakes are the first delicacies of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to Zhuge Changqing's research, the more historical statement is "Zhu Yuanzhang's mooncake theory".

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, a farmer, led the uprising to fight back against the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang decided to unite all rebel forces to act at the same time.

However, it is difficult to organize due to the close inventory of the yuan and yuan.

How to avoid the examination of Yuan soldiers?

Liu Bowen, the Shenji military commander of Zhu Yuanzhang, made a suggestion.

This suggestion is to make a large number of "round cakes" by taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. Add a piece of paper to the round cakes, which says "kill Tartars on the night of August 15".

Zhuge Changqing: Liu Bowen means that everyone eats "round cake", which is homophonic to "yuan bing".

After the production is completed, people will be sent to the local insurgents separately to inform them to respond to the uprising on the evening of August 15.

Because the moon cakes were food to eat, the Yuan soldiers could not find out what secrets, so the round cakes were smoothly in the hands of all the insurgents. So on August 15, we acted simultaneously and won.

Zhuge Changqing, we also want to thank Shenji Military Master Liu Bowen for his good advice.

Therefore, the Han people knew the time of the August 15 movement, and they acted at the same time, killing the "Tartar" soldiers (Yuan soldiers) who did all kinds of evil.

After the victory of the action, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and issued the order:

First, the name of "round cake" was changed to "moon cake". Zhuge Changqing: We want to thank Zhu Yuanzhang for his wisdom.

The second is to eat "moon cakes" every year on August 15 to celebrate. Eat moon cakes and family reunion, no war.

According to textual research, in a long historical period later, even at the end of the last century, many moon cakes were also pasted with a small piece of paper!

Unfortunately, the moon cakes produced in recent years only pay attention to the surface decoration, and can no longer see small pieces of paper.

Zhuge Changqing believed that if anyone added a note to the moon cake and wrote "fortune and auspiciousness, and the heavenly blessing", his moon cake would sell very well! Let's leave this suggestion to the entrepreneurs who are destined to do it.

Zhuge Changqing: Chinese culture hides the code of culture everywhere. Looking up at the stars, Chinese culture is so dazzling!

Bless our motherland, the country and the people, and bless the people who do good in the world, rich and auspicious!

Zhuge Changqing wishes all the people who are destined to respect their parents and do good deeds and accumulate virtue rich and auspicious!

Bless all the people in the world who are destined to meet their needs, the heavenly officials will bless them, the cause will take off, and the source of wealth will expand!

 中秋节起源于帝王祭月；月饼的命名和吃月饼起源于朱元璋。

----- 诸葛长青

    马上就是农历八月十五“中秋”节了。

   今天的人们越来越重视这个节日了。

   为传承民族文化，增强民族凝聚力，中秋节从2008年起被国务院列为国家法定节假日。全国同时放假三天。

    国家非常重视非物质文化遗产的保护，2006年5月20日，该节日经国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。

   中秋节与春节、清明节、端午节是中华民族的四大传统节日，成为中国文化的重要组成部分

   诸葛长青祝福天下孝敬父母、行善积德人，中秋快乐、家庭幸福、父母安康。

   那么中秋节是如何来的呢？

   中秋节为什么吃月饼呢？

   诸葛长青参考有关资料与有缘者分享这一历史文化。

   一、中秋节的来历。

    诸葛长青：中秋节起源于历代帝王“中秋祭月”

  “中秋”一词，最早见于《周礼》。

   “中秋祭月”，在我国是一种十分古老的习俗。

   据史书记载，早在周朝，古代帝王就有春分祭日、夏至祭地、秋分祭月、冬至祭天的习俗。

   其祭祀的场所称为日坛、地坛、月坛、天坛。分设在东南西北四个方向。

   很多朋友去过北京，北京的月坛就是明清皇帝祭月的地方。

  《礼记》记载：“天子春朝日，秋夕月。朝日之朝，夕月之夕。”

   这里的夕月之夕，指的正是夜晚祭祀月亮。

   这种风俗不仅为帝王和官宦贵族所奉行，随着社会的发展，也逐渐传到了民间。

   这种习俗代代相传，到了唐代，中秋节成为固定的节日，《唐书·太宗记》记载有“八月十五中秋节”。

    从历史上看，这个节日盛行于宋朝，至明清时，已与元旦齐名，成为我国的主要节日之一。

   中秋，也叫“仲秋”，原因是在中国的农历里，一年分为四季，每季又分为孟、仲、季三个部分，因而中秋也称仲秋。

    八月十五的月亮比其他几个月的满月更圆，更明亮，夜晚，人们仰望天空如玉如盘的朗朗明月，自然会期盼家人团聚。远在他乡的游子，也借此寄托自己对故乡和亲人的思念之情。所以，中秋又称“团圆节”。

   二、中秋节吃月饼的来历

  诸葛长青：历代中秋节会吃一些圆圆的饼，后来因为朱元璋借助八月十五起义，就把“圆饼”命名为“月饼”，并宣布从此“中秋节都要吃月饼”。

   中秋节美食首推月饼，其起源说法多种。

     诸葛长青研究认为，比较符合历史的说法是“朱元璋月饼学说”。

     元代末年，农民出身的朱元璋领兵起义，反击元朝。

    朱元璋决定联合各路反抗力量同时行动。

    但是由于元并盘查紧密，很难组织起来。

    如何避开元兵的盘查呢？

    朱元璋的神机军师刘伯温提出一个建议。

     这个建议，就是：利用八月十五中秋节的机会，制作大批“圆饼”，圆饼中加入一张纸条，纸条上写上“八月十五夜杀鞑子”。

    诸葛长青：刘伯温的含义是，大家吃“圆饼”谐音 = 吃“元兵”。

    制作好后，再派人分头传送到各地起义军中，通知他们在八月十五日晚上起义响应。

    由于月饼属于吃的食物，元兵无法查出什么机密，于是，圆饼就顺利到了各个起义军的手中。于是八月十五同时行动，取得了胜利。

    诸葛长青，我们也要感谢神机军师刘伯温的好建议。

    于是，汉族民众就知道了八月十五行动的时间，于是同时行动，杀败了无恶不作的“鞑子”兵（元兵）。

   行动胜利后，朱元璋十分高兴，于是发出号令：

   一是“圆饼”更名为“月饼”。诸葛长青：我们要感谢朱元璋的智慧。

   二是以后每年的八月十五都吃“月饼”庆祝。吃月饼家人团聚，没有战争。

    据考证，我国在后来很长历史时期，甚至在上世纪末，许多月饼上还贴有一方小纸片！

   只可惜，近年所产月饼，只是注重了表面的装饰，再也看不到小纸片了。

   诸葛长青认为，如果谁在月饼中加入纸条，写上“富贵吉祥、天官赐福”，那么他的月饼肯定卖得非常好！这个建议留待有缘的企业家去做吧。

   诸葛长青：中国文化处处隐藏着文化的密码，仰望星空，中国文化是如此的闪亮夺目！

    祝福我们的祖国国泰民安，祝福天下的行善者富贵吉祥！

诸葛长青祝福天下孝敬父母、行善积德的有缘者富贵吉祥！

   祝福天下有缘者有求必应、天官赐福、事业腾飞、财源广进！

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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