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Is the Mid-Autumn Festival a traditional festival?

1. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival.

2. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also called July 3, July 14, Ancestor Sacrifice Festival, Bonin Festival and Local Officials Festival, is a major traditional festival in China.

3. "Mid-Autumn Festival" is a Taoist name, commonly known as "July 3" or "July 14" among the people. Its emergence can be traced back to ancestor worship and related festivals in ancient times. Festivals are related to the cycle of Yin and Yang in ancient culture. In the Book of Changes, "seven" is a changing number and a number of resurrection.

4. July is auspicious month and filial month, and July and a half is a festival for people to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth in the early autumn. Some crops are ripe, so according to the law, people should worship their ancestors and report Qiu Cheng to their ancestors with new rice and other sacrifices. This festival is a traditional cultural festival to remember the ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and do filial piety.