#changed the season to autumn

[plumdale]

progress on the daycare w the addition of details. interior is more of a struggle than I anticipated thougghhhgjfj

[ionomycin]

temple at the end of the road

[maureen2musings]

jayroyusa

[autumns-glory]

[academic-vampire]

[pusheensad]

There's a certain magic in the air when autumn arrives.🍂🍁✨

[buffetlicious]

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节), also known as the Mooncake Festival, falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. It is called the Mid-autumn Festival because the 15th day is the middle of a month, and the eighth lunar month is in the middle of autumn. In Singapore, mooncakes and lanterns are offered for sale as early as a month before the festival. These days, however, it has become more common to give mooncakes as gifts than to eat them during the festival. The custom of offering sacrifices to the moon has been replaced by celebrating the festival with family and friends. Moon-viewing parties is one way to enjoy the occasion, with family and friends sitting in gardens lit by paper lanterns, sipping tea, nibbling on mooncakes, and if so inspired, composing poetry in venerable Tang Dynasty fashion.

The Full Moon is considered a symbol of reunion, as such the Mid-autumn Festival is also known as the Reunion Festival. Shaped round like the full moon, mooncakes signify reunion. The Mid-autumn Festival is associated with the moon and “moon appreciation” (赏月) parties, particularly because the moon is at its brightest during this time. The festival also coincides with the end of the autumn harvest, marking the end of the Hungry Ghost Festival, which occurs during the seventh lunar month. The day of the Mid-autumn Festival is traditionally thought to be auspicious for weddings, as the moon goddess is believed to extend conjugal bliss to couples.

Among the Chinese, the most popular of all the tales connected with the Mid-autumn Festival is that of Chang-E (嫦娥), also known as the Moon Lady, and her husband Hou Yi (后羿). This myth is said to have originated from storytellers in the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), and even as far back as the time of Emperor Yao (2346 BCE).

Hidden Messages in Mooncakes played a major role in the liberation of Yuan China (1206–1341 CE) from the Mongols in the 14th century. Despite a prohibition against large gatherings, rebel leader Zhu Yuan Zhang was able to instigate a rebellion by placing secret messages in mooncakes. The rebellion took place during the Mid-autumn Festival, and the celebration of the festival and eating of mooncakes took on a different meaning thereafter.

Information from National Library Board. Bo Jio literally meaning “not invited” in Hokkien.

[ravensvalley]

#RelocationTime

Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

[passionatepictures-2021]

The change 🍁

[mtsodie]

for the cotl requests thing- leshy mayhaps? i would like to see the werm please

i think it would be cute if he was a little walking farm himself

[simply-beautiful-world]

[zelkams-art]

I wanted to make myself a new wallpaper to have at work, and then winter wangxian happened; the full size is 1920 x 1080 (16:9), so feel free to use it as well! <3

[maureen2musings]

Color rush

eric.kerr

[uwhe-arts]

autumn colors . . . | uwhe-arts

[autumns-glory]

[petiteredthinker]

some autumn places in the US 🍁🍂

Photo by alberthbyang