When is the Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022 is on September 10th.

Mid-Autumn Festival, the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, is one of the traditional festivals in China. There are many kinds of legends and traditions about the origin of the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is known as one of the four traditional festivals of the Han Chinese people, along with the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national holiday, and on May 20, 2006, the festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

There are many game activities in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the first one is playing with lanterns. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major lantern festivals in China, but of course, there are no large-scale lantern festivals like the Lantern Festival, and playing with lanterns is mainly just done among families and children. The custom of moon worship and sacrifice is equally prevalent among ethnic minorities.

Festival Alias:

The Mid-Autumn Festival has many aliases: In ancient times, there was the activity of moon worship at the autumnal equinox, so it was called "Moon Festival" or "Moon Festival". Because the festival is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, it is called "August Festival" and "August Half"; because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are centered around the "moon", it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Moon Festival"; the moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival is full, symbolizing reunion, and is therefore also known as the "Reunion Festival".

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Reunion Festival" and the "Daughter's Festival" because of the moon's success and the reunion of family members and married daughters. In the Guangfu area, the Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as the "Moon Festival". In mid-autumn, all kinds of fruits and melons are ripe and on the market, so it is called "Fruit Festival". It is also called "Pumpkin Festival" by the Dong ethnic group and "Housheng Festival" by the Mulao ethnic group.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as "the month of Duanzheng". The first records of the festival were found in the literature of the Ming Dynasty. The West Lake Tourism Zhiyu said: "August 15 is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the people send moon cakes to each other, taking the meaning of reunion."

The Imperial Capital Scenic Spectaculars also said: "August 15 moon festival, the cake will be round, divided into melons will be wrong teeth, petals carved like a lotus flower. ...... whose women return to Ning, is the day must return to the husband's home, said reunion festival also."

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Mid-Autumn Festival