What are the traditional festivals for reunion?

Among the traditional festivals in China, if we want to say which two festivals can best represent reunion, the champion should be the Spring Festival, followed by the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although these two festivals represent the meaning of reunion, their meanings are also different. One is to welcome the arrival of spring, and the other is to celebrate the harvest in autumn. When is their festival?

Every August of the lunar calendar, the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival can't help but diffuse. Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival. The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is a traditional cultural festival in China. There are many legends about its origin. However, according to experts, in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the closest to the moon is the earth, and the moon is the largest and brightest, so there is a custom of enjoying the moon from ancient times to the present. When people look up at the full moon in the sky, they naturally expect it.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people eat moon cakes to celebrate the festival, which means "reunion". Moon cakes, also known as harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are offerings to worship the moon god in ancient times. It was not until later that people regarded them as holiday food, which meant reunion.

As for the Spring Festival, it is even more grand. New Year's Eve is the real "Reunion Festival" in China. Many people who work outside all the year round will go home to reunite with their families before New Year's Eve, which embodies the homesickness of China people for a year. That night, everyone got together and drank a toast.

As an annual reunion dinner, the function of the New Year's Eve dinner can express mutual respect, friendship and family happiness among family members. For China people, New Year's Eve is not only a reunion night, but also a spiritual ceremony. Through this kind of reunion dinner, the cohesion and sense of identity among family members can be strengthened. Maybe some people can only go home once a year, but this relationship remains the same.

To sum up, among the traditional festivals in China, the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of the lunar calendar and New Year's Eve, that is, the Spring Festival, can best express reunion.