Is Mid-Autumn Festival a solar term? Is Mid-Autumn Festival a solar term?

Mid-Autumn Festival is not a solar term. Twenty-four solar terms refer to: beginning of spring, rain, sting, vernal equinox, Qingming and Grain Rain; Long summer, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoshu, Dashu; Beginning of autumn, early summer, white dew, autumnal equinox, cold dew and early frost; Beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold, severe cold. Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China, and the time falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

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.

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is also a special activity called "Walking the Moon". In the bright moonlight, people wear gorgeous clothes, travel in groups of three or five, or go boating on the Qinhuai River, or go upstairs to watch the moonlight, talking and laughing. In Ming Dynasty, there were Moon Tower and Moon Bridge in Nanjing, and Moon Tower under Lion Mountain in Qing Dynasty, all of which were scenic spots for tourists to enjoy the moon. Traveling on Mid-Autumn Festival night to enjoy the moon, Shanghainese call it "walking on the moon".