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The introduction of Mid-Autumn Festival is very simple.

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 festival of "Sacrificing the Moon" was held on the "autumnal equinox" of the 24 solar terms in the Ganzhi calendar, and later it was moved to August 15 in the summer calendar (lunar calendar). In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is set on August 16 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.

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Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival with a long history. As early as a long time ago, there was the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Every family looks forward to reunion. On this full moon, it is a wonderful thing for the family to get together to enjoy the moon and chat and eat moon cakes.

Similarly, in modern times, people still live this traditional festival. Even very young children know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which is a day for family reunion. The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to a legend a long time ago, and it is this legend that makes everyone have such a festival.