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What kind of festival is Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moonlight and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Reunion Festival are traditional folk festivals 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.

At first, the festival of offering sacrifices to the moon was held at the autumnal equinox in 24 solar terms, a dry calendar, but it was later eased. In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is set at 16 in August of the summer lunar calendar. In ancient times, there were folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine.

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The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of seasonal customs in autumn.

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The Mid-Autumn Festival is based on the full moon and Ren Tao reunion, and I miss my hometown and relatives.

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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.

On May 20th, 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday.