What are the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is characterized by moon rituals, mooncakes, lanterns, osmanthus flowers and osmanthus wine. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been characterized by folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating mooncakes, watching lanterns, viewing osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine. Mid-Autumn Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival) is one of the four major traditional festivals in China, and is also popular among many ethnic groups in China and the countries in the Chinese character cultural circle, the specific date is the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The Chinese lunar calendar is divided into four seasons, each of which is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong, and Quarter. Since August is the middle month of the third quarter, and the 15th day of the month is the middle of the eighth month, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as "Zhongqiu" (中秋). As a symbol of Chinese cultural history and civilization, the Chinese people have endowed the Mid-Autumn Festival with deep traditional Chinese cultural connotations and cultural essence. Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, stereotyped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and became one of the traditional Chinese festivals along with the Spring Festival in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On May 20, 2006, the Mid-Autumn Festival was included in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages, which became a colorful and precious cultural heritage, and in 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival was listed as the national legal holiday in China. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people through various forms of activities to send thoughts of their hometowns, missing relatives, praying for a good harvest, happiness, because of this, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.