When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in the lunar calendar? Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020.

? As far as the importance of Mid-Autumn Festival is concerned, it is the second traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. The theme of this festival is reunion and beauty that everyone attaches great importance to. China has the custom of enjoying the moon since ancient times. The Book of Rites records "autumn, dusk and moon", that is, the god of Yue Bai. In the Zhou Dynasty, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, Yue Bai's welcoming ceremony was held on a cold night. Set a big incense box and put it on seasonal fruits such as moon cakes, watermelons, apples, plums and grapes, among which moon cakes and watermelons are indispensable. Watermelons are also cut into lotus shapes.

? ? When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?

? Traditional festivals in China are based on the lunar calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on August 15th of the lunar calendar every year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 falls on September 8th of the Gregorian calendar.

? Traditionally, the most important custom of Mid-Autumn Festival is to enjoy the moon, and there are also the customs of burning lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, eating moon cakes and drinking osmanthus wine. Until today, due to the decline of traditional handicrafts, few families will light this lamp again. However, people still attach great importance to the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, they will send blessings on behalf of their family and friends, and the most popular is flowers.

? ? Mid-autumn festival custom

? In the Tang Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival and moon appreciation were very popular. In the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Song Dynasty, the wind of enjoying the moon was more prosperous. According to the "Tokyo Gate Flower Record", "On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, your home decorated the pavilion, and people competed for the restaurant to play with the moon. On this day, all the shops and restaurants in the capital have to redecorate their facades, tie silk colors on the arches and sell fresh fruits and refined foods. Night markets are all the rage, and people go shopping more often. Some wealthy families enjoy the moon on their pavilions, place food or arrange family dinners, so that children can get together and enjoy the moon together.

? After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival has remained unchanged, and many places have formed special customs such as burning incense, planting Mid-Autumn trees, lighting lighthouse lights, putting sky lanterns, enjoying the moon and jumping fire dragons.

? Eat moon cakes

? In the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a custom of eating moon cakes in both urban and rural areas of China. As the saying goes, "August, October and May are full, and Mid-Autumn moon cakes are sweet. Moon cakes were originally used to worship the moon god. The word "moon cake" first appeared in Liang Lumeng by Woods in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a cake-like food similar to diamond cake. Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival with enjoying the moon and tasting moon cakes, implying a symbol of family reunion.

? Summary: Mooncakes were first made at home, and Yuan Mei of Qing Dynasty recorded the custom of mooncakes in the menu of Sui and Tang Dynasties. There are workshops specializing in making moon cakes in modern times. The finer the mooncakes are made, the finer the stuffing and the more beautiful the appearance. There are various exquisite designs on the outside of the moon cakes, such as "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon", "jathyapple of the Galaxy" and "Three Tans Printing the Moon". It has become the wish of people all over the world to have a full moon reunion, miss their hometown with moon cakes and miss their loved ones. Moon cakes are also given as gifts to relatives and friends to connect feelings.