What festival is the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month?

August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival, also called August 15th, has many nicknames, such as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciation Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival. It is a traditional cultural festival popular among many nationalities and countries in China's Chinese character cultural circle.

This festival began in the Tang Dynasty, and originated from the culture of sacrificing the moon and celebrating the autumn harvest in ancient China. The main customs of Mid-Autumn Festival are eating moon cakes, enjoying the moon, lighting lamps, offering sacrifices to the moon, competing for moon cakes and playing with lanterns. These customs represent people's yearning and prayer for family reunion and happiness. On May 20th, 2006, Mid-Autumn Festival was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday.

Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:

1. Eating moon cakes: Eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important folk customs. There are many kinds of moon cakes, with different tastes and shapes, such as lotus seed paste, five kernels and bean paste.

2. Enjoy the moon: Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to enjoy the moon. People will get together to watch the full moon, and in the process of enjoying the moon, they will also sing poems and talk about the beauty of the moon.

3. Lighting lanterns: On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people will light various lanterns, including red lanterns, colored lanterns and lanterns, to light up the night sky and create a festive atmosphere.

4. Setting off fireworks: In some places, there is also the custom of setting off fireworks, which is also to create a festive atmosphere and increase the joyful atmosphere.

5. the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon: In some areas, people will make the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's toys, which means that Chang 'e spent the Mid-Autumn Festival on the moon, and at the same time, it also increased the festive atmosphere.