Tue, September 17, 2024
狂风暴雨的昨天已成过往，中秋佳节还你一轮金色圆月。
在我的故乡，有“中秋不敬月，出门遭雨雪“的说法。这一天的傍晚，家家户户会在院子里支上一张条桌，摆上各式贡品，点上一炉香，遥敬明月。敬月的贡品五花八门，但月饼和莲藕必不可少，还有红菱、芋头、花生、苹果、桔子、红枣、石榴、藕夹……也许摆放的品种越多，越能体现一个家庭的富足，也更能代表敬月亮的诚意吧。中秋月圆日，阖家团圆时。中秋节的中午，一家人围坐在一起吃团圆饭。一桌好菜，有鱼有肉 ，另外还有一样菜必不可少——老鸭汤。中秋节还有一个特别重要的主角，那就是有一块特大号的月饼，称作“团圆饼”，敬完月亮后，全家人必须共同分享。
如今很多人为了生计，远赴他乡打拼。每逢佳节倍思亲，中秋的一轮明月像一个媒介，互相传递我们对远在他乡的亲朋好友们的思念与祝福。即便上海买不到连枝的莲藕，我也尽可能准备一些贡品，敬拜圆月，这个仪式感得有。我托明月遥寄深情厚意，祝我认识的人和认识我的人，阖家团圆，健康平安，中秋快乐！
The storm yesterday has become the past, the Mid-Autumn Festival will give you a round of golden full moon.
In my hometown, there is a saying that "Mid-Autumn festival does not worship the moon, go out by the rain and snow". On the evening of this day, every family will put a table in the courtyard, put all kinds of tributes, light a furnace of incense, distant worship the moon. There are various, but moon cakes and lotus root are essential, as well as red water, taro, peanuts, apples, oranges, red dates, pomegranate, lotus root cake, etc. Perhaps the more varieties placed, the more can reflect the wealth of a family, but also can represent the sincerity of the moon. Mid-Autumn moon full day, family reunion. At the noon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family sits together to have a family reunion dinner. A table of good dishes, fish and meat, and there is a dish indispensable —— old duck soup. Another particularly important protagonist, that is, a very large mooncake, called "reunion cake", after the moon, the whole family must share it together.
Nowadays, many people go to another place to make a living. Every festival times, the bright moon like a medium, conveying to each other. Even if I can't buy lotus roots in Shanghai, I try to prepare some tributes to worship the golden full moon, which is a ritual. I hold the bright moon to send deep feeling, and wish the people I know and those who know me, family reunion, health and safety, and a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!