When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?

The Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 is June 065438+10/October 065438 +0 (August 15 of the Year of the Rat, 84 days before the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020).

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moon Birthday, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Reunion Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. At first, the festival of "Sacrificing the Moon" was held on the "Autumn Equinox" of the twenty-four solar terms in the Ganzhi calendar, and later it was moved to August 15th in the summer calendar (lunar calendar). In some places, Mid-Autumn Festival is held on August 16 in the summer calendar. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. It has been circulating for a long time.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, most of which have ancient origins. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage, with the full moon as a symbol of people's reunion, as a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hoping for a bumper harvest and happiness.