Which of the following is not the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival:

Because Yang Guifei likes to eat moon cakes, the Mid-Autumn Festival came into being. This is not the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival.

There are many versions about the origin and legend of Mid-Autumn Festival, but the most popular and widely circulated story is the legend about the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.

According to legend, Chang 'e, Hou Yi's wife, stole the pills and flew to the moon, separated from Hou Yi. But she didn't want to forget her husband, so she lived in the Moon Palace and became a fairy in the Moon Palace. Because the story of Chang 'e is related to the moon, people commemorate her in the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Besides the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, there are some other versions and legends, but in modern society, the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon has become the most popular and common legend in Mid-Autumn Festival. The custom that Yang Guifei likes to eat moon cakes to celebrate the harvest is not the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although moon cakes are essential food for Mid-Autumn Festival, they are just a custom of Mid-Autumn Festival, not its origin.

The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is a relic of ancient celestial worship-the custom of worshipping the moon. The autumn equinox is an ancient festival to worship the moon. Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional festival of offering sacrifices to the moon. In traditional culture, the moon and the sun, two celestial bodies that appear alternately, have become the objects of ancestor worship. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient people's sacrifice to the moon, which is the legacy and derivative of China people's custom of offering sacrifices to the moon.

Sacrificing to the moon is a very old custom in China. In fact, it is the ancient worship of luna in some places in ancient China. According to textual research, the Mid-Autumn Festival was originally set at the autumnal equinox of the twenty-four solar terms in the dry calendar. However, due to the different dates of August in the summer calendar, it may not always be a full moon. Later, the Mid-Autumn Festival moved from the autumnal equinox to the 15th day of August in the summer calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon and enjoying it since ancient times, and it has been passed down to this day for a long time.