When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2023?

The Mid-Autumn Festival in 2023 is September 29th.

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China, and it is also a popular traditional festival in many ethnic groups and countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters in China. The specific date is August 15th of the China lunar calendar. The China lunar calendar is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. Because August happens to be a month in the middle of the third quarter, and the fifteenth day happens to be the middle date of August, it is named Mid-Autumn Festival, also called "Mid-Autumn".

As a symbol of Han culture, history and civilization in China, the people of China endowed the Mid-Autumn Festival with profound traditional cultural connotation and cultural essence of China. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Tang and Song Dynasties. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. On May 20th, 2006, Mid-Autumn Festival was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

The important influence of Mid-Autumn Festival

As one of the four traditional festivals in China, various festivals and customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival are widely spread all over the world, which has a great influence on all parts of the world, especially countries with China cultural atmosphere. There are probably two ways to spread the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival: one is that China is a big country in economy and culture, and other countries, especially those in the Han cultural circle around East Asia, follow suit and pursue its culture.

Mid-Autumn Festival has spread to Japan, Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and other places since the Tang Dynasty. The other is spread abroad with people who have settled or lived abroad. While displaying the cultural charm of traditional festivals in China, it also permeates and influences the residents in their places of residence, and the traditional festivals in China are also of world significance.