Our country has many nationalities, so many customs are different. Bian Xiao will tell you about the differences in customs and eating habits before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival!

● Shanxi

Lu' an Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for son-in-law; In Yongning County, the Mid-Autumn Festival worships the Lord of the Lunar Star; Datong county moon cakes are called reunion cakes, which are two or three feet big and have the custom of vigil in mid-autumn night. Shilou county Mid-Autumn Festival worships the city god.

● Hebei

Wanquan county called the Mid-Autumn Festival "Little New Year's Day", and the moonlight paper painted pictures of Xing Jun and Guan Di reading the Spring and Autumn at night. Hejian county called Zhong Qiuyu bitter rain. If it rains on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the food in that year will definitely taste bad.

● Anhui

On Mid-Autumn Festival, children in Wuyuan set up a hollow pagoda with bricks, hung curtains, plaques and other decorations on the pagoda, and then put a table in front of the pagoda to display various utensils to worship the "tower god". Lights and candles are lit inside and out at night, which is bright and lovely. Children in Jixi Mid-Autumn Festival play Mid-Autumn firecrackers. Mid-Autumn firecrackers are made of straw. After soaking, they are picked up and smashed with stones, making them make a loud noise. In addition, there are customs in Youlong. The fire dragon is made of grass with incense in it. When you visit the dragon, there are gongs and drums teams. They tour the village before being sent to the river.

● Guizhou

In many places in Guizhou Province, the custom of "stealing melons and giving them away" is popular. If there are no children, the kind boys in the village will take advantage of the bright moonlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival to come to the fields, steal a big wax gourd, portray the appearance of the child, then put the clothes of the prepared child on the wax gourd, put them in bamboo baskets, and carry them to this family with gongs and drums. After entertaining the guests, the recipient puts the melon on the bed and sleeps with his wife for one night, and then cooks the melon the next day. If she is pregnant in the future, the recipient should thank these young people.

● Shandong

On August 15, farmers in Qingyun County offered sacrifices to the land god, which was called "Young Miao Society". Zhucheng, Linyi, Jimo and other places, in addition to offering sacrifices to the moon, also pay homage to ancestors. In feudal society, landlords in guanxian, Laiyang, Guangrao and Postal City hosted banquets for tenants in the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jimo, we eat a seasonal food called "Mai Jian".

● Shaanxi

On the Mid-Autumn Festival night in Xixiang County, men go boating and climb cliffs, and women also arrange banquets. On that day, no matter rich or poor, you must eat watermelon, which will be cut into lotus shapes. On Mid-Autumn Festival, trumpeters preach for money along the door, just like Dragon Boat Festival and New Year's Eve. In Luochuan County, parents celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival for their husbands with children and gifts, and have lunch at school.

● Fujian

In some areas of Fujian Province, there is a custom of throwing handkerchiefs on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival to attract relatives. That night, colorful platforms were set up in the square, decorated in the shape of the Moon Palace, and jade rabbits and osmanthus trees were also set up. Some unmarried girls dress up as Chang 'e. After celebrating the song and dance, the girls threw handkerchiefs embroidered with different colors at the audience. If the handkerchief received by the audience is the same color as the handkerchief in Chang 'e's hand, they can go on stage to receive the prize. When some unmarried boys return handkerchiefs, Chang 'e can give them rings if she likes them. From then on, the two sides can be friends, and all's well that ends well. Fujian people have the custom of eating ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is the fattest season for ducks. Fujian people cook betel nut taro with ducks, which is rich in Fujian, and it is called betel nut taro roast duck. It tastes very good.

● Hangzhou

The custom of "grabbing melons" is popular in the mountainous areas of Zhejiang Province. Young people and children hold a melon-grabbing competition during the day or at night to see who can grab the melon first. Winners mean happiness and good luck, and they can also get rewards.

Stewed perch with water shield in Hangzhou became a dish at Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, not only because the water shield and perch were delicious at this time, but also because Hans Zhang of Jin Dynasty abandoned his official post and returned to his hometown with the story of homesickness, making water shield a symbol of homesickness. Water shield is a family banquet for Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also a seasonal soup in August. Water shield, also known as horseshoe and watercress, is an aquatic perennial leafy herb. The roots, stems and leaves of water shield are not only green and delicious, but also nutritious. Water shield can be picked in spring and autumn, but autumn water shield is the best.

● Taiwan Province Province

Farmers in Taiwan Province Province have the custom of worshipping the land god in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and thank the land god for blessing their autumn harvest. In addition to offering sacrifices to landlords, farmers should plant "landlords' crutches" in the fields. The land crutch is made of bamboo inlaid with land gold and inserted in the ground. In addition, in the south of Taiwan Province Province, there is also the custom of worshipping Prince Shu on the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the folklore of Taiwan Province Province, the later you sleep at Mid-Autumn Festival, the longer you live. A girl who sleeps on Mid-Autumn Night can make her mother live longer. Besides, if an unmarried girl steals vegetables or onions from someone else's garden on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, it means that she will meet a prince charming in the future. There is a saying called "stealing onions and marrying a good man; "Stealing vegetables and marrying a good husband" refers to this custom. 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 Meinung 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 addition to eating moon cakes, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Yilan will also eat a kind of food called "vegetable cake", which is made of flour and baked with brown sugar in the middle. In Tainan, the Mid-Autumn Festival has the custom of eating potatoes.

● Nanjing

Nanjing people must eat Jinling's famous dish "osmanthus duck" in Mid-Autumn Festival. "Sweet-scented osmanthus duck" should be listed in Gui Xiang. It is fat but not greasy and delicious. After drinking, you must eat a small piece of sugar taro and pour cinnamon pulp on it. Beauty speaks for itself. "Osmanthus fragrans", also known as Osmanthus fragrans, was named after Qu Yuan's Songs of Chu and Drinking Osmanthus fragrans in the North. It was picked around the Mid-Autumn Festival and pickled with sugar and sour plums. Jiangnan women are handy, turning the chanting in poetry into delicacies on the table. People in Nanjing call it "celebrating reunion" to enjoy the moon with their families, "full moon" to sit and drink in groups, and "stepping on the moon" to visit the market.

● Beijing

The "mud rabbit stall" in old Beijing sells male prostitutes. 10 years ago, it was also sold in male prostitutes during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing. It is rare now, and it seems that it can only be seen at temple fairs during the Spring Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is dedicated to rabbits on this moon. Male prostitutes are made of mud. The rabbit's head is covered with armor, and its back is protected by flags. Its face is painted with gold mud and its body is painted with oil paint. He sits or stands, beats a pestle or rides a beast, and his big ears stand upright, which is both ridiculous and harmonious. Traditional moon cakes in old Beijing include natural red invitation, natural white invitation and moon cakes with stuffing. Syrup moon cake refers to a method of making moon cake skin. Generally speaking, "extracting syrup" means boiling the syrup and adding a certain proportion of big oil to the crust to make it crisp. Muslims change big oil into butter when they buy it. This kind of moon cake is characterized by crispy skin and fragrant stuffing, which is especially popular among old Beijingers. In addition, crabs are fat in August, and Mid-Autumn Festival is the season to taste crabs. Beijingers pay special attention to tasting drunken crabs.

● Sichuan

Besides eating moon cakes, Sichuanese also fight, kill ducks and eat sesame cakes and honey cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In some places, orange lights are also lit. The specific method is to hollow out oranges, light candles and hang them at the door to celebrate. There are also children who burn incense on grapefruit and dance along the street, which is called "dancing meteor ball" In western Sichuan, smoked ducks are a must for Mid-Autumn Festival, because the raw ducks at this time have grown up and are fat and thin. The master selects the ducklings born in that year, butchers them, removes their feathers, opens their chests, washes them, removes the wing tips and duck feet, marinates them with salt for one night, scalds them with boiling water until their skins are tight, takes them out, puts them in a smoking stove, smokes them with straw until they are brown, takes them out of the oven, marinates them in a pot, and changes the knife into a dish when eating, thus obtaining the smoked duck with golden color, tender meat and strong smoke smell. It is very important to prepare salt water when cooking smoked ducks. Old bittern should be used, and spices, salt and sugar should be added in time every time. When marinating, ducks should be fully pressed into the brine with heavy objects, and the marinating time is generally about 20 minutes. If the time is too long, the duck meat will get old, which will affect the quality and taste.

● Jiangxi

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, villagers in every village in Ji 'an County burn crocks with straw. When the jar turned red, they put vinegar in it, so the smell of vinegar filled the whole village. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xincheng County, grass lanterns were hung from the eleventh night of the eighth lunar month, greeted by drum music and placed on the city street until the seventeenth of the eighth lunar month.

● Hunan

In Hengyang, Hunan, there is a custom of "sending melons in the Mid-Autumn Festival". Anyone who has been infertile for several years will be given a melon by relatives and friends. A few days ago, I stole a melon from the vegetable garden, and I had to paint it and wrap it in people's clothes. Give a long life to people who are good at it, circle gold and shoot guns, and send them to their homes. Older people put wax gourd on the bed and cover it. On the door, they said, "As you sow, you reap." Those who suffer from melons hold a grand banquet to entertain them, if it happens again. When a woman gets a melon, she will cut it off. In Hengyang, anyone who is married and has no children in the village will be given a "bride price" as long as his popularity is good. In addition, other parts of Hunan also have the custom of sending children with melons, similar to Hengyang. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, while the host is not at home to enjoy the moon, a good neighbor secretly sends his children. The person who sends the child must be someone who already has a child. They first selected the melon wheel of the worst family in the village, stole a big wax gourd from the garden, painted the doll's face on the melon, and then inserted a small bamboo tube five inches long into the belly of the wax gourd, and filled it with water along the bamboo tube until it was full. The sender hid the wax gourd in the master's bed, waited for the master to go back to his room to sleep, and pulled the quilt with his hand. When the wax gourd doll moves, water will flow out along the bamboo tube, just like a child wetting the bed. People who throw melons curse when they get up early in the morning. It is said that the more fierce the curse, the stronger the dolls will be in the future. If children are born in the second year, their children will worship the givers as "michel platini" and "dopted mother".