National Day Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday Arrangement in 2023

Mid-Autumn Festival in 2023 will last from September 29th to June 6th, 2023 10, and last for 8 days.

According to the Notice of General Office of the State Council on Some Holiday Arrangements in 2023 issued by the State Council on February 8, 2022, the Mid-Autumn National Day in 2023 will be off for 8 days. Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day in 2023, from September 29th to June 6th 10, with 8 days off. 65438+1go to work on Saturday, October 7th, and 65438+1go to work on Sunday, October 8th.

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. Mid-Autumn Festival is popular in Han Dynasty, which is a period of economic and cultural exchanges and integration between the north and the south of China, and cultural exchanges between different places spread together.

Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:

1, eat moon cakes: moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes, palace cakes, reunion cakes, etc. , is a tribute to the moon god in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded Mid-Autumn Festival as a symbol of family reunion. Mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends. Today, eating moon cakes has become an essential custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in northern and southern China. On this day, people eat moon cakes to show "reunion".

2. Tree Mid-Autumn Festival: In some places in Guangdong, there is an interesting traditional custom called "Tree Mid-Autumn Festival". With the help of parents, children make rabbit lanterns, carambola lanterns or square lanterns out of bamboo paper, hang them horizontally on short poles, and then stand on high poles, shining with colorful lights, adding another scene to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Children often compete with each other to see who stands tall, much taller and has the most exquisite lighting. At night, the lights in the city are like stars, competing with the bright moon in the sky to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival