What are the customs of Mid-Autumn Festival?

The customs of Mid-Autumn Festival include enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, guessing games, enjoying osmanthus and playing with lanterns. Among them, eating moon cakes is the main custom of Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the existing records, the custom of eating moon cakes originated in the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times, there was a custom of worshipping the moon god in autumn and dusk. Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, we hold a Yue Bai to welcome the cold, set up a big incense table to eat and drink, and a group of people get together to enjoy the moon.

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 celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. At first, the Mid-Autumn Festival was held on the autumnal equinox of the 24th solar terms of the lunar calendar, and later it was moved to August 15th of the summer calendar. In some places, Mid-Autumn Festival is held on August 16th in the summer calendar. 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.

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.