03 October 2019, Thuringia, Oberhof: Thüringer Rostbrätl lie on a charcoal grill in a garden. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Cover 中秋節為什麼要烤肉?由來一次看。(Photo: Getty Images)
03 October 2019, Thuringia, Oberhof: Thüringer Rostbrätl lie on a charcoal grill in a garden. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images)

2025 年的中秋節於 10 月 6 日登場!

2025 年的中秋節就在 10 月 6 日。中秋節去哪玩?中秋節要做什麼?中秋月圓人團圓,因此中秋節這天被定為國定假日,所以不少人趁著這假期出遊、與親朋好友相聚,但是說到中秋節除了吃月餅、賞月外,台灣人必備的節日慶祝還一定有「烤肉」,但究竟為什麼中秋這天要烤肉呢?由來、習俗典故一次看。

想必許多人都聽過「一家烤肉萬家香」這句廣告台詞最早於 1986 年出現,是由品牌萬家香推出的電視廣告,翌年金蘭醬油也推出廣告,讓烤肉這件事深植台灣民眾的心。不過大家以為是「中秋節烤肉」是因為廣告才帶起了風潮嗎?答案可能是否定的。

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Above 想必許多人都聽過「一家烤肉萬家香」這句廣告台詞最早於 1986 年出現,是由品牌萬家香推出的電視廣告。(Photo: 萬家香)

就有網友起底,其實早在 1982 年新竹地區就有中秋烤肉的習慣,當時《民生報》登出「新竹地區今年中秋賞月盛行烤肉,不但風景區到處烈火熊熊,有些不外出的人也在家中門口或陽台點起烤爐,煙霧濛濛,肉香撲鼻。在以往中秋節大都是吃月餅、柚子,一面談天、一面賞月,今年卻興起烤肉,有人認為這種方式增加了朦矓美,但有人卻認為破壞皎潔的氣氛。」

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WEST ORANGE, NJ - AUGUST 11: An airplane flies past the full Sturgeon Supermoon as it rises above New York City on August 11, 2022, as seen from West Orange, New Jersey.  (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Above 「中秋盛行烤肉」竟然是因為烤爐外銷不景氣?(Photo: Getty Images)
WEST ORANGE, NJ - AUGUST 11: An airplane flies past the full Sturgeon Supermoon as it rises above New York City on August 11, 2022, as seen from West Orange, New Jersey.  (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

不過呢,中秋興起烤肉並不是因為可以邊賞月邊團聚別具氣氛,因為同篇報導還指出烤肉盛行的是因為,「今年中秋盛行烤肉,主要烤爐外銷不景氣,廠商大量轉為內銷,而新竹地區又是製造烤爐大本營。」所以才有了這美麗的錯誤。

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Citizens choose a simply-packaged mooncake at a supermarket in Handan, North China's Hebei Province, Sept 5, 2022. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, many businesses launch a variety of affordable mooncakes in plain packaging, medium price mooncakes become the mainstream market, favored by consumers. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Above 1992 年開始中秋禮盒已經不再受歡迎,但是中秋當天烤肉用品就出乎意料賣得很好,媒體也戲稱中秋節已成烤肉節。(Photo: Getty Images)
Citizens choose a simply-packaged mooncake at a supermarket in Handan, North China's Hebei Province, Sept 5, 2022. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, many businesses launch a variety of affordable mooncakes in plain packaging, medium price mooncakes become the mainstream market, favored by consumers. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

到了 1992 年,開始有許多報章雜誌開始利用「中秋節等於烤肉節」作為報導,甚至到了 1993 年《經濟日報》撰文指出中秋禮盒已經不再受歡迎,但是中秋當天烤肉用品就出乎意料賣得很好,媒體也戲稱中秋節已成烤肉節,同時從此刻開始,「烤肉節」漸漸的也成了中秋節的「代名詞」。

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JERSEY CITY, NJ - MAY 15: The full Super Flower Moon rises behind the antenna on top of One World Trade Center in New York City before the start of a lunar eclipse on May 15, 2022, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Above 中秋烤肉是台灣人最特別的中秋記憶。(Photo: Getty Images)
JERSEY CITY, NJ - MAY 15: The full Super Flower Moon rises behind the antenna on top of One World Trade Center in New York City before the start of a lunar eclipse on May 15, 2022, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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04 June 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Nürburg: Festival-goers at the open-air rock festival "Rock am Ring" barbecue for breakfast at a camping area near the Eifel race track. The festival is sold out with 90,000 visitors. Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa (Photo by Thomas Frey/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Above 中秋烤肉延續了將近 40 年漸漸的成了台灣特有中秋文化。(Photo: Getty Images)
04 June 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Nürburg: Festival-goers at the open-air rock festival "Rock am Ring" barbecue for breakfast at a camping area near the Eifel race track. The festival is sold out with 90,000 visitors. Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa (Photo by Thomas Frey/picture alliance via Getty Images)

雖然中秋節烤肉最初是因為烤肉架、烤爐無法外銷的緣故,但直到今日此活動也延續了將近 40 年漸漸的成了台灣特有中秋文化,同時也成了台灣人最特別的中秋記憶。

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Irene Chen
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