What is the nickname for the eighth month of the lunar calendar? What are the festivals in the eighth month of the lunar calendar?

What is the nickname for the eighth month of the lunar calendar?

August on the lunar calendar is the second month of autumn, also known as mid-autumn.

1, Gui month: lunar August is the month of the laurel open, so called Gui month.

2, Zhongshang: Chuxueji volume 3 cited south Liang Yuan Di "compilation": August Zhongqiu, also known as Zhongshang.

3, Mid-Autumn Festival: August of the lunar calendar is the middle of the month of autumn, in ancient times called Mid-Autumn Festival, but now Mid-Autumn Festival refers to the August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival.

4, strong month: "Er Ya Shi Tian": August for strong. Hao Yi Xing Yi疏: strong, big. August is a big Yin. Goldstone compilation of Tang Ashina Zhongbei: I strong month to control the string, waiting for the north wind to dysprosium.

5, is the fall: "Yi said Gua": Dui, is the fall also, all things said also. Kong Yingda 疏：斗柄指西是正秋八月也。 Tang Xu Hun "revisit the Fei Quan Guan late Liang Taoist host Dragon Pond" poem: pine leaves are autumn qin rhyme, diamond flower early dawn mirror light cold.

What are the festivals in the eighth month of the lunar calendar?

There is only one traditional festival in August on the lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, is also known as the Moon Festival, Moonlight Festival, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worshipping Festival, Moon Lady's Festival, Moon Festival, and Reunion Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of heavenly phenomena and evolved from the moon festival on the eve of autumn in ancient times. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been characterized by folk customs such as sacrificing to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating mooncakes, watching lanterns, enjoying cinnamon flowers, and drinking cinnamon wine.

The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is inextricably linked to the moon, which is a remnant of the ancient custom of worshipping the moon. In traditional culture, the moon and the sun, the two alternating celestial bodies became the object of worship of the ancestors. The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the traditional moon sacrifice at the time of the twenty-fourth solar term, the Autumn Equinox, which is an ancient festival of moon worship. According to evidence, the Moon Festival was initially set on the day of the Autumn Equinox of the 24th solar term on the Dry Branches Calendar, but due to the fusion of calendars in historical development, the lunar calendar (summer calendar) was used, and the Moon Festival was later transferred from the Autumn Equinox of the 24th solar term to the 15th day of the 8th month of the summer calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of the seasonal customs of autumn, and most of the festival elements it contains have ancient origins.