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1, Mid-Autumn Festival is a relic of worshipping ancient celestial phenomena-the custom of worshipping the moon. In the "autumnal equinox" season of the 24 solar terms, it is an ancient "Mid-Autumn Festival", and the Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Mid-Autumn Festival". In traditional culture, the moon and the sun are the same, and these two alternate celestial bodies become the objects of ancestor worship. The Mid-Autumn Festival celebration originated from ancient people's sacrifice to the moon, which is the legacy and derivative of China people's custom of sacrificing to the moon. Sacrificing to the moon is a very old custom in China. In fact, it is a ritual activity of the ancients in some places in ancient China to "Moon God". According to research, "Mid-Autumn Festival" was originally set on the day of autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar. However, due to the change of the calendar, the lunar calendar (summer calendar) is used, and the date of the August and autumn equinox in the summer calendar is different every year, and there may not be a full moon. Later, the "Moon Festival" was transferred from the twenty-four solar terms in the dry calendar to the fifteenth day of August in the summer calendar (lunar calendar). Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, most of which have ancient origins.

2. According to the calendar of China, August in the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, which is the second month of autumn, and it is called Mid-Autumn Festival, while August 15th is in the middle of it, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival.

There are many nicknames for Mid-Autumn Festival: In ancient times, there was an activity of reflecting the moon (Yue Bai) at the autumnal equinox, so it was called "Moon Festival" or "Moon Festival". Because this festival falls on August 15, it is called "August Festival" and "August and a half". Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all around the "moon", it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival". The full moon in Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival". Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Day" because the moon is round, families get together and married daughters go home for reunion. In Guangfu area, Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as "Moonlight Birthday". During the Mid-Autumn Festival, all kinds of melons and fruits are mature and listed, which is called the "Fruit Festival". Dong people call it "Pumpkin Festival" and Mulao people call it "Afterlife Festival".

In Tang dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "correcting the moon". The record of "Reunion Festival" was first seen in the Ming Dynasty. "Journey to the West Lake" says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send moon cakes to show their reunion". "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also said: "On August 15th, the moon was sacrificed, the cakes were round, the melons were wrongly divided, and the petals were carved with lotus flowers. ? Those who are married to their relatives in the province will all return to their husbands' families to celebrate the reunion festival in the future. "