The Changes Of Chaonan Mid Autumn Festival Custom Research

The Mid-Autumn festival is China’s second largest traditional festival, is the first listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list. The Mid-Autumn festival is also China’s most important traditional festival culture content, can complete show the characteristic of the Chinese nation "blood relatives reunion, national unity" festival wishes. In chaoshan area, still spread a phrase called "the Mid-Autumn festival is better than the spring festival," mean the Mid-Autumn festival is more important than the Spring Festival. In the Mid-Autumn festival, as a reunion day, all kinds of custom is unusually rich, the kinds of activities are sending out the strong local characteristics. So the research of the Mid-Autumn festival custom in chaoshan area, has very important significance of inheriting traditional Chinese culture.Chapter 2 introduce the history and geographical environment of ChaoNan, ChaoNan is a new city,which approved by the State Council in January 2003, from Guangdong Shantou Chaoyang city. The mountains and rivers of ChaoNan are beautiful, include rich natural resources, this unique and superior geographical environment gives the social culture of chaoshan people’s fine mentality, resulting in the formation of chaoshan traditional culture characteristic about fine.Chapter 3 introduce before reform and opening up the Mid-Autumn festival custom of ChaoNan, include three parts:sacrifice custom, diet custom, meeting custom. Chaoshan Mid-Autumn festival customs in various kinds, unique local characteristics, repose the chaoshan people hope have longing better life.Chapter 4 introduce the changes and inheriting of ChaoNan Mid-Autumn festival in the past thirty years; From the offerings, the worship, the moon cakes, new custom have changed. Traditional festival is the main carrier of the Chinese nation traditional culture and an important part, with the rapid advance of urbanization and modernization, this kind of traditional festival as Mid-Autumn festival has become unfamiliar. Although the market springing up around the traditional festivals of commercial activities, is the lack of traditional festival culture connotation, this article give two advice to improve: from the government-led system and the folk force. We can’t forget the traditional festival of the Chinese nation culture classics, it is to be able to improve people’s cultural quality, maintain social morality, enhance national cohesion and so on.