The custom and origin of Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of the moon in ancient times and has a long history. The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first recorded in Zhou Li. In the ancient calendar of China, the15th day of the eighth lunar month happened to be the autumn of a year, and it was in the middle of August, so it was called "Mid-Autumn Festival". In addition, in the four seasons of a year, each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so the second month of autumn is called Zhong Qiu. It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival.

2. The customs of Mid-Autumn Festival include offering sacrifices to the moon, burning lanterns, enjoying the moon, chasing the moon, watching tides, guessing, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine, holding Mid-Autumn Festival, playing with deer, tying lanterns, playing with lanterns, burning incense, offering sacrifices to ancestors, dancing dragons, listening to incense, burning towers, having Mid-Autumn Festival banquets and playing with rabbits.

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Mid-Autumn Festival status:

Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the early Tang Dynasty, and there were already Mid-Autumn Festival activities in the Tang Dynasty, while the Mid-Autumn Festival activities in China were popular in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival was no different from the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, some areas in East Asia and Southeast Asia will also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival will be more obvious in the main gathering areas of overseas Chinese.