Mid-Autumn Festival in English (100 words)

The Mid-Autumn festival, also known as yuecxi, autumn festival, zhong qiu festival, women's festival or reunion festival.

(The Mid-Autumn festival, also known as yuecxi, autumn festival

(Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Yuexi, autumn festival, zhong qiu festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Playing Festival, Moon Worshipping Festival, Daughter's Festival or reunion festival.)

Is popular in many ethnic groups in China and the Chinese cultural circle of the traditional cultural festival, when the lunar August 15.

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Is popular in many ethnic groups in China and the Chinese cultural circle of the traditional cultural festival, when the lunar August 15.

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Due to its exact value of three autumn halves, the name, some places will be set in August 16.

The Mid-Autumn festival began in the early tang dynasty and prevailed in the song dynasty.

By the Ming and qing dynasties, it had become one of the traditional Chinese festivals as well as the Spring Festival.

(By the Ming and qing dynasties, it had become one of the Chinese traditional Chinese festivals as well as the Spring Festival.)

Extended Information

The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is related to agricultural production. Autumn is the season of harvest. The explanation of the word "Autumn" is: "Crops ripening is said to be autumn". In mid-August, when crops and various fruits were ripening one after another, farmers celebrated the harvest and expressed their joy, so they took the day of "Mid-Autumn Festival" as a festival.

"Mid-Autumn" is the meaning of the middle of the fall, the lunar calendar, August is the middle of the month of autumn, the 15th is the middle of the month, so the Mid-Autumn Festival may be the ancients, "Autumn News" inherited the custom.

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