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少数民族中秋习俗 Customs of Minorities during the Mid-autumn festival 部分少数民族的祭月拜月习俗 Customs of Sacrificing and Worshipping the Moon of Some Minorities 在少数民族中同样盛行这祭月、拜月的风习。云南傣族在中秋之夜，盛行“拜月”风俗。傣族传说，月亮是天皇第三个儿子岩尖变的。岩尖是个英勇刚强的青年，他曾率领傣族人民打败过敌人，赢得了傣族乡亲的爱戴。后来，他不幸死后，变成了月亮，升向天空，继续发出柔和的月光，在黑暗中给傣族人民带来光明。每逢中秋节这天，小伙子一清早就带上火药枪上山打火雀、野鸡，猎取节日野味。姑娘、媳妇们忙着到湖边，池塘里抓鱼。他们都忙着准备节日的晚餐。老阿妈则忙着舂糯米，做大小不同的食物，四只桌角上各放一个糯米圆饼，每个饼上插一炷冷香。待到月亮从山林上空一升起来，就点燃冷香，全家大小开始“拜月”。然后，对空鸣放火药枪，以示对英雄岩尖的敬意。最后，全家老小欢乐地围坐在小方桌旁，品尝食物，谈笑赏月，尽兴方散。 The practices of appreciating and worshipping the moon is also popular in the minority ethnic groups.The Dai, in the Mid-Autumn Festival night, always carry out a moon-appreciating ceremony. As is alleged by the?Dai legend, the moon was Yanjian,the third son of Emperor of heavens .Yanjian was a strong and brave young man who fight off the enemies of Dai and respected by his fellowman. Yanjian transformed into moon after death and shined to benefit the Dai people. Every Mid-autumn Festival, The youth of Dai will go up the hill and shoot fire finches and pheasants with powder shotguns for meat early in the morning. And Girls and young women will head for the lakes to catch fish. Everyone is busy with preparing for festival dinners. Old grannies will be busy pounding glutinous rice and cooking food of different sizes. They put a ircular glutinous rice pie on each corner of the desk and plug a stick of unlit joss stick on each pie. Once the moon rises up over the mountains and forests, unlit joss sticks will be lighted and all family members will commence to “worship the moon”. Then they’ll fire powder shotguns to the sky to honour Yan Jian, the hero. In the end, all family members will merrily sit at the little square table, tasting food, talking, laughing appreaciate the moon. Leave till enjoy themselves to the full. 鄂伦春人祭月时在露天空地放上一盆清水，摆上祭品，然后跪在盆前，向月叩拜；土族人用盆盛清水，将月亮的倒影受到清水盆中，然后，人们不停地用小石子打盆中的月亮，俗称“打月亮”。 When sacrificing the moon, Oroqen people will put a basin of water in the open, set offering