202 1 what day is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

202 1 Mid-Autumn Festival is September 2 1. On June 25th, 2020, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on the arrangement of some holidays in 2002 1, and it will be closed from September/KLOC-9 to 21on Mid-Autumn Festival, and it will last for * * 3 days and go to work on Saturday, September 18.

Historical evolution of Mid-Autumn Festival

The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is closely related to the moon, which is a relic of the custom of Yue Bai, an ancient astronomical phenomenon. In traditional culture, these two alternate celestial bodies, like the moon and the sun, have become the objects of ancestor worship.

The autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms is an ancient festival to worship the moon, and the Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional autumnal equinox. According to textual research, the original Moon Festival was set at the autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar.

However, due to the integration of calendars and the use of the lunar calendar in historical development, the Mid-Autumn Festival was later transferred from the autumnal equinox of the twenty-four solar terms to the fifteenth day of August in the summer calendar. Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, most of which have ancient origins.