Autumn Equinox is what holiday in China

Establishing the Autumn Equinox as the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival".

The Autumn Equinox was once a traditional "moon festival", and the Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the "Autumn Sunset Moon Sacrifice".

The State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the establishment of the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival" on June 21, 2018, with the approval of the State Council. The approval of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on the establishment of the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival" was released, agreeing that since 2018, the annual Autumn Equinox will be established as the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival".

Autumn Equinox

According to the lunar calendar, the "Autumn Equinox" is the beginning of the autumn season, and the "Frost" is the end of the autumn season. "Exactly half of the 90 days from the beginning of autumn to the frost. From the day of the autumnal equinox, the climate presents three main features: the location of direct sunlight continues to move from the equator to the southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere, the phenomenon of shorter days and longer nights will be more and more obvious.

The days gradually become shorter and the nights longer; the temperature difference between day and night gradually increases. The situation in the Southern Hemisphere is just the opposite. After the autumnal equinox, the position of direct sunlight to the south, the northern hemisphere gradually shorter days and longer nights, lower temperatures, in the country has a general significance. Autumn equinox, China's Yangtze River Basin and the vast areas north of the Yangtze River Basin, have entered the "average temperature" divided into the fall, the average daily temperature have fallen to 22 ℃ below.

Reference:Baidu Encyclopedia - Autumn Equinox