The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of the lunar calendar is an important national festival. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiwan Province Province has accumulated rich and distinctive customs, which have been passed down from generation to generation and have been popular ever since. The first is to offer sacrifices to the moon and Yue Bai. It is said that it is the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, which originated from the custom of ancient emperors offering sacrifices to the moon on August 15. Later, it became popular among the people.
By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the offerings at the time of offering sacrifices to the moon had formed a scale: moon cakes must be round, and melons and fruits must be cut into lotus-shaped teeth. There will also be a kind of "moonlight paper" on the market, on which there will be moonlight, a bodhisattva, a palace, and a rabbit-shaped person to fight medicine in the moonlight. After the festival, the "moonlight paper" will be burned.
Taiwan Province Mid-Autumn Festival Customs:
1, moon worshipper
In Minnan dialect, the moon is called "Moon Mother" or "Moon Mother". Every Mid-Autumn Festival, most people in Taiwan Province Province will "worship the moon" and put moon cakes, grapefruit and persimmons on the incense table to pray for the safety of the whole family. Men can take part in the activities of offering sacrifices to the moon, but men in Yue Bai can't. Therefore, in Taiwan Province Province, "Yue Bai" has become a patent for women.
Step 2 eat ducks
Kaohsiung county has a strong atmosphere of raising water ducks. Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the most tender time for water ducks. Hakkas in Meinong area often slaughter water ducks and add vegetables during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which has become a major feature of the local Mid-Autumn Festival. In Tainan, the Mid-Autumn Festival has the custom of eating potatoes.
3. Outdoor barbecue
Like ancestor worship, people in Taiwan Province Province can't celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival without barbecue. Every Mid-Autumn Festival evening, every household will take out the salted meat and roast it on their balcony or yard. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people came to barbecue everywhere in the park. People in Taiwan Province Province believe that long-term barbecue can greatly promote the emotional communication between relatives and friends.