Is Mid-Autumn Festival a festival all over the world or in China?

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worship Festival and Reunion Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China, and it is also called the four traditional festivals in China along with Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty.

Introduction of the Mid-Autumn festival

Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. On May 20th, 2006, the State Council listed the Mid-Autumn Festival in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Since 2008, Chinese mainland has designated the Mid-Autumn Festival as a legal holiday. If the day falls on Saturday and Sunday, give a day off next Monday.

Due to the influence of China culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a unique festival for China people, but also has folk customs in areas where Chinese people live in the world and Asian countries deeply influenced by China's traditional culture. For example, South Korea lists the Mid-Autumn Festival as a legal holiday, which lasts for three days.

South Korea's Mid-Autumn Festival is different from China in content. They designated it as "Thanksgiving Day", which has two main contents. One is the day of sweeping graves and offering sacrifices to ancestors with newly harvested grains and fruits; Secondly, it is a custom to return home to visit relatives and give gifts to relatives and friends.