Mid-Autumn Festival began to become a fixed festival in that dynasty.

Mid-Autumn Festival has been a fixed festival since the early years of the Tang Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the celestial worship of the ancients, spread in the Han Dynasty, and became an officially recognized national festival in the Tang Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a popular folk festival, and August 15th of the lunar calendar was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Introduction of the Mid-Autumn festival

Mid-Autumn Festival has many names, such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Moonlight Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. At first, the "Moon Festival" was held on the "Autumn Equinox" of the twenty-fourth solar terms of the lunar calendar, and later it was moved to the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.

The customs of Mid-Autumn Festival include offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are fewer clouds and more fog, and the moonlight is bright and bright. In addition to a series of activities, such as enjoying the moon, offering sacrifices to the moon, eating moon cakes and wishing for reunion, there are activities such as dancing grass dragons and building stupas in some places. Today, eating moon cakes has become an essential custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. In addition to moon cakes, all kinds of seasonal fresh fruits and dried fruits are also delicious in the Mid-Autumn Festival.