Midautumn Festival
Midautumn Festival, is a China's ancient holiday, because in
August 15 this day is in autumn center, therefore is called Midautumn
Festival. The holiday characteristic is eats the moon cake and raises
the lantern.
Midautumn Festival and the lunar calendar new year are same, is a
family member happy ending family member. Night of the midautumn
festival, the moon roundest, is brightest, moonlight also brightest
America. Each and every family food and so on fruits and melons, moon
cake, suspends in the courtyard on the table, the whole family enjoys
looking at the moon at the same time eats the moon cake at the same
time, is precisely "the space turn only then holds, the world common
people raise look", this is the how happy prospect.
Midautumn Festival's traditional food is the moon cake, the moon cake
is a circular, the symbolic reunion, had reflected people happy desire
which reunite to the family member. Midautumn Festival eats the moon
cake it is said to begin in the Yuan Dynasty, at that time, Zhu
Yuanzhang led the Han Nationality people to revolt against the Yuan
Dynasty tyranny, agreed in August 15 this day revolt, by presented as
a gift the moon cake the means to clamp mutually the note in the moon
cake transmits the news. Midautumn Festival eats the moon cake the
custom then to spread in the folk.
Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang finally overthrew Yuan Dynasty, first
emperor which became the Ming Dynasty, although after that the Qing
Dynasty person was in charge China, but the people still celebrated
this symbol to overthrow the holiday which the alien race ruled.
Celebration way
Midautumn Festival in Singapore is quite lively. The holiday
arrived a front for month, the moon cake lantern starts to go on the
market. Moon cake, not only satisfies people's luck of having good
things to eat also to use for the ancestor worship to pay respects to
the moon, is the holiday high quality goods which the relative friend
presents mutually. Except the moon cake, Midautumn Festival's another
kind of holiday high quality goods are "the pomelo".
Speaking of the young people, makes them feel the interest is the all
kinds of manufacture fine lantern, they also were taking advantage of
the holiday opportunity, exposes manufactures the lantern the talent,
adults also may at the once a year lantern manufacture competition and
the decorative lantern exposition heartily the entertainment.
The Singaporean person also may participate by the populace contacts
or the clubhouse sponsor midautumn festival party. The whole family
enjoys looking at the moon also is fine deeds together, displays the
fruits and melons, the moon cake in the home, again adds the children
lantern, is warm, harmonious 中秋夜.
In order to cause the midautumn festival festival the atmosphere
thickly, celebration is more common, we suggested hangs up the lantern
in the public place, at the same time sponsors plays lantern-riddles
and so on the activity.