When I was a child, I often looked forward to the Mid-Autumn blackboard, because there was no class during the festival and there were many things to eat and play. Festivals are always very lively. The Spring Festival is noisy and Tomb-Sweeping Day is solemn. However, only the Mid-Autumn Festival gives people a special happiness, a state of mind and a special desire.
Autumn is the season of harvesting crops and also the season of hope. Autumn brings farmers the hope of bumper harvest and survival. The rice in the field is golden and the full fruit is ripe. Mid-Autumn Festival is such a harvest season. At this time, everyone in the farmhouse is happy, because the harvest of the year is at this time. I think people who have experienced rural life will have such feelings, moods and profound feelings.
In the round moonlight, round delicious moon cakes, ripe apples, pears, grapes and other fruits also began to emerge. In the moonlight, people are tasting the harvested food and talking about the harvest. While enjoying the moon, I miss my family who are alone in a foreign land. It's really called: "I miss my relatives twice during the festive season."
My mother makes moon cakes for us every year. The moon cakes made by my mother look like big cakes, thick, fresh noodles and fresh fillings. Whether steamed or baked, there are patterns of the moon depicted in the farmer's bowl and petals carved by osmanthus. The stuffing is also very special. The main ingredient is red pond, which contains sesame, red silk, nuts and raisins. Newly made moon cakes, steamed, soft and delicious, suitable for the elderly; Baked, tender outside, young people have a special liking. You see, the moon cakes that have just been served are steaming hot, and a fragrance is coming to my face. It's really mouth watering!
I like eating moon cakes made by my mother. Although the pattern of moon cakes has not changed much, the pattern is always so clear, uniform and beautiful. So as soon as I catch up with the Mid-Autumn Festival and go home, I always have to eat two big pieces, which feels so fragrant and sweet.
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on 15 in August of the lunar calendar. This is the time when family members and loved ones get together to enjoy the full moon, which is an auspicious symbol of wealth, harmony and luck. Adults usually enjoy all kinds of delicious moon cakes and a cup of boiling China tea, while young people run around with bright lanterns.
August 15th of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival in China-Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, every family gets together and the whole family watches the full moon, which symbolizes abundance, harmony and luck. At this time, adults are eating delicious moon cakes, drinking hot fragrant tea, and children are playing with rabbit lights.
"Qiu Zhong Festival" may begin with a harvest festival. Later, the legend of Chang 'e, a beautiful fairy on the moon, added a mythical color to the festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival may be the earliest festival to celebrate the harvest. Later, the fairy tale of Chang 'e, a beautiful fairy in the moon palace, gave it a mythical color.
According to China myth, the earth once had 10 suns revolving around it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together and roasted the earth with their heat. When the strong archer Hou Yi shot down nine suns, the earth was saved. Yi stole the elixir of life to save the people under his brutal rule, but his wife Chang 'e drank it. In this way, the legend of young China girls praying to the moon goddess in the Mid-Autumn Festival began.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there were 10 suns in the sky. One day, these 10 suns appeared at the same time, and the heat was overwhelming. The next year, archers shot down nine suns and saved life on the earth. He stole the elixir of life, but his wife Chang 'e drank it secretly. Since then, every Mid-Autumn Festival, the legend that girls have to pray for the moon goddess Chang 'e has spread.
In the14th century, eating moon cakes in "Zhong Qiu Street" was given a new meaning. It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang plotted to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty initiated by Mongols, the rebels hid their news in the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes. Therefore, "Qiu Zhong Festival" is also a festival to commemorate the overthrow of Mongols by the Han people.
In the14th century, eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival was given special significance. Legend has it that when Zhu Yuanzhang led an uprising to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, soldiers hid contact letters in moon cakes. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival later became the anniversary of the overthrow of Mongolian rule by the Han people. String 7
In the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1206- 1368), China was ruled by Mongols. The leaders of the pre-Song Dynasty (960- 1279) did not like to succumb to foreign rule, and worked out how to coordinate the rebellion without being discovered. Knowing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, the rebel leader ordered the making of special cakes. There is a message in each moon cake, which is a summary of the attack. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the rebels successfully attacked and overthrew the government. It was followed by the establishment of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368- 1644). Today, people eat moon cakes to commemorate this event.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongols ruled China. The former rulers did not want to let the regime fall into the hands of foreigners, so they plotted a joint uprising. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the uprising leader ordered his subordinates to make a special kind of moon cake and hid the uprising plan in each moon cake. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rebels won, overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty. Today, people eat moon cakes to commemorate this event.
Mid-Autumn Festival 3 The blackboard content respects the moonlight, which is the common name of He Lixia Mid-Autumn Festival Yue Bai.
Now, every night on August 15, we will hold a grand ceremony to worship the moonlight here. Every family moved a small table into the yard. There are moon cakes, old water chestnuts, lotus roots, rice cakes, apples and bananas on the small table.
Moon cakes are stacked on a plate, even, with six in the majority and ten in the middle, which means "six-six perfection" or "perfection". The ripe old ling brought a bowl with a tip. Generally, you don't need yellow four-corner ling, but red two-foot wind ling. Red represents good luck. A lotus root is the whole lotus root, which means that everything begins and ends. A bowl of rice cakes, or sticky cakes, maybe, makes sense. It is said to be a rice cake, because it will be used when worshipping ancestors and welcoming kitchen gods on New Year's Eve. It is called sticky cake because it is made of glutinous rice flour and sticky. This is a round food, about three centimeters in diameter, and it is usually called oil when eaten. From the point of view that it is usually called oil cake, it seems that it is more appropriate to call it rice cake. Apples, bananas, all of them. Even numbers, six or eight are not equal. Oh, I almost forgot that three bowls of tea are essential. I heard that it was used to sober up in WU GANG, Guangxi. Burn high incense, set off firecrackers, be pious and polite. There are sacrifices in my family every year, but no more children come out to steal moon cakes and drink tea. Without the atmosphere of childhood, we will inevitably get lost.
I remember when I was a child, Mid-Autumn Festival was one of our happiest days. In the morning, you can eat jiaozi. You can usually eat duck and burn lentils at noon. In fact, it should be boiled duck with lentils, because ducks are small and there are many lentils. Fortunately, mom and dad couldn't bear to eat duck, so we rummaged around in the bowl and picked and chose. Duck, delicious, ate a circle of yellow grease on our mouths. In the afternoon, everyone smells like ducks.
At night, it is essential to respect the moonlight.
At that time, there were no moon cakes in our country. I'm afraid I didn't remember because I was young. I specifically asked several colleagues in their fifties, and they said that there were really no moon cakes in the countryside at that time. Every family was poor at that time. If there is no spare money to buy moon cakes, the store will not buy them. The first time I saw moon cakes, I should be about ten years old. There seems to be only one kind of goods in rural shops, that is, assorted moon cakes filled with various nuts and red and green silk.
Without moon cakes, you have to admire and respect the moon. New Year's cake is a substitute for moon cakes. At that time, people were still very loyal, no matter how poor they were. There are old people and small people in our family, and the labor force is small, and we overspend every year. The rations we get from the collective are limited. The two bowls of glutinous rice flour for making dumplings and cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival are given by neighbors every year.
At night, my mother made dumplings with a little water and good glutinous rice flour, then squashed them and discharged them into a sieve horizontally and vertically. Make a fire, heat the pot, put a spoonful of oil in the pot, and stick the white birthday cakes on the pot one by one. When one side is cooked, turn it over with a shovel and bake the other side. The cooked rice cake is golden on both sides, giving off an attractive fragrance. Eat it while it is hot, it is soft and sticky, and a bite can stretch it for a long time. For several years, my mother still wrapped sugar and sesame seeds in it, which was more delicious.
After dinner, at the beginning of the night, the Jade Rabbit rises, the breeze is Xu Lai, and the stars are shining. At this time, move a small shuttlecock to the patio, put a bowl of rice cake, a bowl of old water chestnut, some persimmons on the tree and a bowl of rice, and bow to the moon, even if the ceremony is over. As for burning incense and shooting, I never remember it. Then, the family eats old ling and enjoys the moon. Occasionally, adults are happy and tell a story or two.
We eat what's at home and think about what's outside. People are at home, and their hearts have already flown outside. So, tell the adults to start in a hurry. Three or two friends teamed up to wander around the village. When they saw an opportunity, they quietly touched it, each took a piece of rice cake and drank tea. It is said that this kind of bed wetting treatment. Sometimes the host will not be afraid and will not be scolded when he sees it. It is a blessing for the owner's family that the cake was stolen this year. It's good for him and good for me. This is a win-win situation! So, the main family just coughed a few times to scare and create some tension, that's all. After being nervous, we are extremely excited, which induces us to be more willing to be "thieves"
Although I am not afraid of people, I am afraid of dogs. I remember stealing "moon cakes" from Wang Xiaomao's house. His dog drove my shoes away and the stolen goods in my pocket disappeared. In retaliation, several of us agreed not to take Wang Xiaomao to play. In order to draw a line with his dog, Wang Xiaomao gritted his teeth and beat his dog, and we agreed to take him back to play.
Decades have passed in a blink of an eye, but it seems to be yesterday.