Why are there Mid-Autumn Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival written? What do Mid-Autumn Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival mean respectively?

Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival, which refers to the 15th day of August in the lunar calendar. Mid-Autumn Festival refers to the second month of autumn. Because a year is divided into four seasons, and one season is three months. The ancients also used "Bo, Zhong and Ji" to refer to the first, second and third months of a season respectively.

First, Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Moon Festival and Reunion Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China.

Second, Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is the second month of autumn, which is the August of the lunar calendar. According to the China lunar calendar, August is the second month of autumn, which was called the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times, so it was called the Mid-Autumn Festival by the people. Looking at the sun in August (that is, the fifteenth day of the first month), also known as autumn evening, August festival, August and a half, full moon and full moon festival, is also called reunion festival because of the full moon on this day. There are many customs in the folk Mid-Autumn Festival, such as eating moon cakes, enjoying the moon, enjoying osmanthus and solve riddles on the lanterns.

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Myths and legends

The Goddess Chang's fly to the moon

The myth of "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" originated from the ancient people's worship of the stars, and the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon first appeared in "Returning to Tibet". Later, the story was further developed by the people and evolved into several story versions. Chang 'e boarded the moon palace. According to Huai Nan Zi in the Western Han Dynasty, it was because she ate the elixir of life that her husband Yi asked Xi Wuniang for, flew into the Moon Palace and became a toad.

WU GANG won.

WU GANG boarded the Moon Palace and won the laurel. According to the novel Youyang Za in the Tang Dynasty, it is precisely because of WU GANG's error in cultivating immortals that he was punished by cutting the laurel every month. This osmanthus tree grows with cutting, and it will never stop cutting. Li Bai wrote in the poem "To Cui Hu Si Wen Kun Ji": "If you want to spend Gui Yue, you will be rewarded if you are cold."