What is the Mid-Autumn Festival What is the Mid-Autumn Festival

1. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year. This is the middle of the fall season of the year, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. In the Chinese lunar calendar, the year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: the Meng, the Midsummer, and the Quarter, thus the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon on August 15 is fuller and brighter than the full moons of other months, so it is also called "Moon Festival" and "August Festival". On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky like a jade disk and naturally look forward to family reunions. People who are far away from their hometowns also take this opportunity to express their nostalgia for their hometowns and loved ones. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "reunion festival".