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The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival:

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a traditional cultural festival popular among many ethnic groups in China. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. It is named because its value is only half that of Sanqiu. It is said that the moon is closest to the earth this night, and the moon is the biggest and brightest, so there has been a custom of drinking and enjoying the moon since ancient times; The daughter-in-law who goes back to her parents' house will go back and forth to express her happiness and good luck. In some places, such as Ningbo, Taizhou and Zhoushan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is scheduled for August 16, which is related to changing it to "Lantern Festival on the 14th day of the first month and Mid-Autumn Festival on the 16th of August" in order to prevent attacks by officers and men of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhu. Besides, in Hongkong, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will hold another carnival in Izayoi. It's called "chasing the moon"

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Although the Yuan Dynasty entered the Central Plains as an alien, it was deeply localized. Most holiday customs also follow the old Han system. In Ming Dynasty, the custom of appreciating the moon, offering sacrifices to the moon and eating moon cakes prevailed.

Tian Rucheng (around 1540) recorded that people in Ming Dynasty gave more gifts than Mid-Autumn Festival and took the circle of "reunion". In the evening, there will be a banquet to enjoy the moon, or take wine and vegetables to the lake and sea. The second volume of "A Brief History of the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" (1635) written by Dong Liu and Yu Yizheng describes in detail the offerings of the Mid-Autumn Festival: moon cakes must be round, and the fruits offered must be cut into lotus teeth. Moonlight paper is sold in the market. There is a partial moon bodhisattva painted on the moonlight paper. There is a full moon Guitang painted on the moonlight paper, and a rabbit is standing in it. After the festival, burn paper and distribute fruitcakes to every family member. Mid-Autumn Festival is also a reunion festival, so even if a woman returns to visit her relatives in the province, she will definitely return to her husband's family for reunion on this day.

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Henan people attach great importance to the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. On this day, the new river entered the customs, and the wandering angelica was reunited with her family. If your family lives in a foreign land, pay tribute to the memory when enjoying the moon. Old people tell their children and grandchildren fairy stories such as "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" and "Wugang cutting Guangxi" and enjoy family happiness. Lighting the Kaifeng Tower in Henan Province is an important activity in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In Guangdong, there is a custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Chaoshan Yue Bai, which is mainly for women and children. There is a saying that "men are not satisfied with the moon, and women don't sacrifice stoves". At night, when the bright moon rises, women set up a box in the yard and balcony to pray. Silver candles burned high, cigarettes filled the air, and the table was filled with good fruits and cakes as sacrifices. There is also the habit of eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In Shandong, farmers in some places offer sacrifices to Tugu God on August 15, which is called "Young Miao Society". () Zhucheng, Linyi, Jimo and other places pay homage to their ancestors except the moon.

In Shanxi, in some places, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people have the custom of sitting around and sharing reunion moon cakes. They make colorful and interesting moon cakes, including crescent moon cakes for men, gourd moon cakes for women, and moon cakes such as "Monkey King" and "Male Prostitute" specially prepared for children.

The folk customs of Mid-Autumn Festival in southern Jiangsu are also varied.

Besides eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival, Nanjing people also eat osmanthus duck, a famous Jinling dish.

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August 15th of the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China. This is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. The name of Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the lunar calendar in China. The year of the lunar calendar is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Mid-Autumn Festival has many nicknames: because it falls on August 15th, it is called "August Festival" and "August and a half"; Because the moon on August 15 is rounder and brighter than the full moons in other months, the main activities of Mid-Autumn Festival are all about the moon, so it is also called Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciating Festival, Moon Worship Festival and so on. The moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is particularly bright and round. It is regarded as a symbol of family reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival".

As a mascot, delicious moon cakes not only symbolize family reunion, but also have many rich auspicious cultural connotations. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon uses moon cakes as sacrifices, and Yue Bai also means praying for children and seeking a happy marriage. In the old days, there was a folk saying that "men don't Yue Bai, and women don't sacrifice stoves". The main purpose of woman Yue Bai is: the married people pray for the moon goddess to give birth, and the unmarried people pray for the moon goddess to make their marriage happy. In addition, moon cakes also symbolize a bumper harvest. The Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the harvest season, and eating moon cakes also incorporates the factor of "autumn festival". Moon cakes have become a symbol of bumper harvest. People use them to celebrate bumper harvest, hoping to bless the good weather and get more harvest in the coming year.