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050 Ancient Mid-Autumn Festival Moonlight Night

That night, Ouyang Xinyu didn't fall asleep at all. She lay in bed, her eyes closed all night. She was thinking about her worries, thinking a lot of worries. What she didn't understand was why when she decided to change herself and tried to please Mr. Shangguan and his wife, who were not her real parents, fate made a joke on her at this time.

Their legal marriage age in Taiwan is relatively young, but there are still relatively few people who get married so early. 16 years old is the age of a young man in a flowery year. A high school or college student who has no ability to do things still rely on his parents to go to school. What ability do they have to manage a marriage? And all the unknown problems that marriage brings to them?

Originally, I had inexplicably traveled to this strange and backward ancient times, so it would be fine! But before the age of eighteen, someone mentioned her marriage, as if she would not marry at the age of eighteen, and she would not be able to get married in her life. The worst thing was that when she encountered such a big problem, she didn't even have people to complain or discuss. Although Xiao Cuiya was around her, she had been helping her, but after all, she was an ancient person, how could she understand Ouyang Xinyu's real thoughts?

"Miss, why are you always depressed these days? Are you still thinking about the fact that the master wants to give you a blind date?" Xiao Cui asked worriedly when she saw Ouyang Xinyu looked listless for several days.

"Xiao Cui, Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, I don't want to attend that Mid-Autumn Festival temple fair anymore." Ouyang Xinyu said unhappily when he heard Xiao Cui ask about him.

"How can this be done? The master and his wife attach great importance to this festival. In previous years, the master and his wife also took the ladies and maids to attend temple fairs!"

"But, I'm not your lady at all! Otherwise, I might as well tell the truth to your master and wife, let's make it clear!"

"But, Miss Xinyu, you have to think clearly. Can you explain this clearly? Unless you find our Miss Wan'er, you should not think about anything!"

"Oh, this is not OK, that is not OK. What should I do?"

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and Xiao Cui said that they would hold many grand programs on this day in ancient times. Moreover, no matter how busy they are, Mr. Shangguan and his wife would take their daughter Miss Wan'er to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival temple fair together. Mr. Shangguan seemed to be more looking forward to this temple fair than in previous years. Mr. Shangguan's mind was very obvious. He just wanted to take this opportunity to ask their baby daughter to look for her husband at the temple fair.

In ancient times, ordinary girls only showed their faces on important occasions, and sometimes they stayed in the mansion to study and read or do handicrafts. Such girls could only marry a good family after adulthood. If a girl at a temple fair was loved by someone, someone would ask a matchmaker to come to the girl’s mansion to propose marriage in a few days.

Of course Ouyang Xinyu knew what it meant to her to attend a temple fair in the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the one hand, she was so curious and expectant about everything outside the mansion, and on the other hand, she was afraid of meeting the children of the disciples who came to the mansion to talk to the mansion to match. What should I do?

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, and like other traditional festivals, it has gradually developed and formed. In ancient times, emperors had the ritual system of worshiping the sun in spring and worshiping the moon in autumn. Later, aristocrats and literati scholars also imitated it. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, they watched the bright and round moon in the sky, and expressed their feelings. This custom was passed down to the people and formed a traditional activity. Until the Tang Dynasty, this custom of worshiping the moon was more important, and the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival.

The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first seen in the "Li of Zhou". According to the ancient Chinese calendar, the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, in the middle of the August of the year, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". There are four seasons in the year, and each season is divided into three parts, Meng, Zhong and Ji. The second month of the three autumns is called Zhongqiu, so Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Zhongqiu". By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were records that "the edict of Shangshu to govern Niu and the Mid-Autumn Festival is spreading to the river with the left and right nights". "Tang Shu? Taizong Records" records the "Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th". The prevalence of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was as famous as New Year's Day and became one of the main festivals in my country. This is also the second largest traditional festival in my country after the Spring Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival has many nicknames: because the festival is on the fifteenth day of August, it is called "August Festival" and "August Half"; because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all centered around "moon", it is also commonly known as "Moon Festival" and "Moon Evening"; the Mid-Autumn Festival is full of the moon, symbolizing reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival".

In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called the "First Month". The records of "Reunion Festival" were first seen in the Ming Dynasty. "The West Lake Tour Zhiyu" said: "The 15th of August means Mid-Autumn Festival, and the people send moon cakes to each other to get the meaning of reunion." "The Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also says: "On the 15th of August, the cakes must be round, and the melons must be divided into teeth, and the petals must be carved like lotus flowers... If a woman returns to her home on that day, she will return to her husband's home on that day, called the Reunion Festival? On the evening of Mid-Autumn Festival, most parts of my country also have the custom of "reunion", which is to bake a small cake symbolizing reunion, similar to a moon cake, with candy, sesame, osmanthus and vegetables inside the cake, and the moon, osmanthus trees, rabbits and other patterns. After the moon sacrifice, the elders in the family cut the cake into pieces according to the number of people, and each person will be one piece. If someone is not at home, leave a portion for him, indicating family reunion.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is little clouds and mist, and the moonlight is bright and bright. In addition to the people, they will hold a series of activities such as watching the moon, celebrating the moon, eating moon cakes and blessings for reunion, some places also have activities such as dancing grass dragons and building pagodas. In addition to moon cakes, various seasonal fresh dried fruits are also delicacies for Mid-Autumn nights.

Another saying of the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is that the 15th day of the eighth lunar month happens to be the time when rice is ripe, and each family worships the god of land. Mid-Autumn Festival may be the custom of autumn.

With the continuous development of society, the ancients gave the moon many legends, from toads in the moon to jade rabbits pounding medicine, from Wu Gang cutting osmanthus to Chang'e flying to the moon, the rich imagination depicted a series of mottled and beautiful scenery for the moon palace world. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, poets and poets chanted the moon and the events in the moon, and the full moon was the perfect time to express their feelings. By the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the official family officially decided that August 15th was the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was the midst of the three autumns, and all the people celebrated together. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the bright moon was in the sky and the clear light spread all over the earth. People regarded the full moon as a symbol of reunion and regarded the fifteenth of August as the day for family reunion. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the "Reunion Festival".
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