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You can't take a bath in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Why?

Didn't say you can't take a bath on Mid-Autumn Festival.

When the moon hangs in the Mid-Autumn Festival, people set up altars to burn incense and display moon cakes and melons to worship the moon. Every family will worship people with moonlight at sunrise. After the worship, they will burn moonlight paper, put down food for the moon and distribute it to their families.

On Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family should get together to eat moon cakes. In order to reunite with the moon, the fruitcake must be round, and even if it is cut, it must be lotus-shaped with crescent petals.

The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival:

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, was popular in the Han Dynasty, was shaped in the early Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, most of which have ancient origins.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness.

Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese.

On May 20th, 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday.

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