A Brief Introduction to the Origin and Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival

The origin and custom of Mid-Autumn Festival;

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.

meaning

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the moon in autumn night in ancient times. Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is a kind of ritual activity of ancient people in some places in ancient China. The autumnal equinox among the 24 solar terms is an ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Autumn Equinox Sacrificing the Moon". In ancient farming society, the ancients believed that the movement of the moon had a great relationship with agricultural production and seasonal changes, so offering sacrifices to the moon became an important sacrificial activity. As one of the important customs of folk festivals, offering sacrifices to the moon has gradually evolved into activities such as appreciating and praising the moon.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival