Introduce Mid-Autumn Festival in English

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Worship Festival, Moonlight Festival is a traditional folk festival in China.

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 heaven and evolved from the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. )

The first "festival" is the "autumnal equinox" day in the 24 solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar.

(Initially, the festival of "Sacrificing the Moon" was held on the day of "Autumn Equinox" in the twenty-four solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar. )

Later, it was moved to 15 in August of the summer calendar (lunar calendar).

(Later, it was moved to August 15 in the summer calendar (lunar calendar), and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16 in the summer calendar. )

The Mid-Autumn Festival has been a festival since ancient times, and folk customs such as enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes have been passed down to this day and are enduring.

Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. It has been circulating for a long time. )

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Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival activities:

1, Sacrifice to the Moon (Yue Bai)

Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn and dusk".

Step 2 light the lamp

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is the custom of burning lanterns to help the moon. Nowadays, there is still the custom of piling tiles and burning lamps on towers in Huguang area. Jiangnan has the custom of making lantern boats. The custom of burning lanterns in modern Mid-Autumn Festival is more prosperous.

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