20 18 when is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

20 18 Mid-Autumn Festival is on September 24th, 20 18, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

According to China's calendar, August in the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, that is, the second month of autumn, which is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", and August 15th is among them, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Mid-Autumn Festival has many nicknames: it is called "August Festival" and "August and a half" because it falls on August 15th; Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all around the moon, it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival" and "Moon Festival". The full moon in Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "correcting the moon".

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating Yue Bai, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.

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Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival activities:

1, Moon Festival, Moon Appreciation, Yue Bai

Step 2 observe the tides

Step 3 light the lamp

Step 4 guess riddles

Step 5 eat moon cakes

6. Enjoy osmanthus and drink osmanthus wine

7. Play with lanterns

8. Combustion tower

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival (a traditional festival in China)