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What is the meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is called the Mid-Autumn Festival because it is held in the middle of March in the fall, and it is a common custom to gather the whole family together on this day to eat mooncakes and enjoy the moon.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Moon Festival, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Moon Lady's Festival, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originates from the worship of heavenly phenomena and evolved from the moon sacrifice on the autumn eve in the ancient times. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been characterized by folk customs such as sacrificing to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating mooncakes, watching lanterns, enjoying osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, etc., which have been passed down to the present day and are still enduring.