What month is the Mid-Autumn Festival in the lunar calendar?

August of the lunar calendar, August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. Sometimes food is made in literary works, such as "small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisp and stuffing inside". For example, Meng Yuan's "Dream of Tokyo" said: "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, you decorate the pavilion at home, and the people compete for the restaurant to play the moon"; And "string full of enthusiasm, close to the residents. At night, it is like a cloud. Children in the room, even the wedding drama at night; As for the knowledge of the night market, "

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). According to China's calendar, August in the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, that is, the second month of autumn, which is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", and August 15th is among them, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

August of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. Because this day is half of autumn, it is called Mid-Autumn Festival, which is commonly known as August Festival among the people.

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. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, enjoying osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine, etc., which have been passed down to this day and last forever.