What is the date of August 2023 15?

August 15, 2023 is the Mid-Autumn Festival in Gregorian calendar, and it is also the day of the traditional solar term "summer".

According to the published solar calendar and lunar calendar algorithms, August 15, 2023 is the Mid-Autumn Festival in Gregorian calendar. Although this day is in July, it is regarded as "August 15" in the Gregorian calendar in most parts of China. This day, according to the general calculation method, is not marked as an auspicious day. However, this does not mean that people can't do anything on this day, but the effect may not be so good compared with the auspicious zodiac.

Generally speaking, the calculation of auspicious days of the ecliptic involves many factors, including astronomy, geography, calendar, mysticism and so on. Although August 2023 15 is not a standard auspicious day, it does not mean that this day is not suitable for doing anything. Most importantly, we should cherish every moment, do what we should do as well as possible, and believe that correct actions will bring us good results.

Introduction to the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival;

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. Offering sacrifices to the moon has a long history, and it is a kind of ritual activity of ancient people in some places in ancient China. The autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms is an ancient "Moon Festival". Mid-Autumn Festival is popular in Han Dynasty, which is a period of economic and cultural exchanges and integration between the north and the south of China, and cultural exchanges between different places spread together.

Mid-Autumn Festival became an officially recognized national festival, about in the Tang Dynasty. The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival was popular in northern China in the Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a popular folk festival, and August 15th of the lunar calendar was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Mid-Autumn Festival had become one of the main folk festivals in China. Since ancient times, there have been 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.

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