Report on the Mid-Autumn Festival

The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China, which is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. The 15th day of the 8th month falls in the middle of the fall season, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. China's ancient calendar in the middle of the fall in August, known as the "mid-autumn", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Mid-Autumn Festival".

The Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient festival, the moon festival is an important custom. Ancient emperors had the social system of sacrificing the sun in the spring and the moon in the fall, and there was also a style of moon sacrifice in the mid-autumn festival in the people's homes, and later on, the moon appreciation was more important than the moon sacrifice, and the serious sacrifices were turned into relaxing recreation. Mid-Autumn Moon Festival custom in the Tang Dynasty flourished, many poets in the famous poems of the moon, the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the court and civil moon worship and moon worship activities on a larger scale. Many monuments of "moon worship altar", "moon worship pavilion" and "moon watch tower" remain in different parts of China. Beijing's "Altar of the Moon" is the Ming Jiajing years for the royal moon festival built. Whenever the moon rises in the Mid-Autumn Festival, set up a case in the open air, mooncakes, pomegranates, jujube and other fruits and vegetables for the table, after the moon worship, the whole family sat around the table, eating and talking, *** enjoy the moon.

According to historical records, the term "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book "Zhou Li". To the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there is "Oracle Shangshu town cattle confusion, Mid-Autumn Festival Eve and around the micro-suits pan river" record. It was not until the early Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a regular festival. The Book of Tang - Taizong records that "August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival". The popularity of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and by the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China, on a par with New Year's Day. It is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.