“中秋”一词,最早见于《周礼》一书,而真正形成全国性的节日是在唐代。那时,每逢中秋人们都要举行迎寒和祭月活动,设大香案,摆上祭品,其中月饼和西瓜绝不能少,西瓜要切成莲花状。在月下,将月亮神像放在月亮的那个方向,红烛高燃,全家人依次拜祭月亮,然后由当家主妇切开团圆月饼。切的人预先算好全家共有多少人,在家的在外地的都要算在一起,不能切多也不能切少。由此看来,古代人过中秋远比现代人要讲究。下面我们就来看看古人过中秋常做的十件事。 The term “Mid-Autumn Festival” was first seen in the book “Zhou Li,” but the real national festival was held in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people should hold cold and moon festival activities, set a large incense case and put sacrifices, including moon cakes and watermelons must not be less, watermelon should be cut into lotus-shaped. Under the moonlight, the Moon Statue was placed in the direction of the moon. The red candles were burning and the whole family in turn worshiped the moon, then the reunited mooncake was cut by the housewife. The number of people who plan to cut the total number of people in the family in advance must be counted together in the field at home, can not cut more or less. Seen in this light, the ancient people had better pay attention to the Mid-Autumn Festival than the modern one. Here we take a look at the ancients ten things often done the Mid-Autumn Festival.