When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a day for family reunion. It is also called Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Worship 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.

According to China's calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. August in the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, the second month of autumn is called Mid-Autumn Festival, and August 15th is in the middle of Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon on August 15 is rounder and brighter than the full moon in other months, so it is also called "moonlit night" and "August Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. Now it has become one of the traditional festivals in China, which is as famous as the Spring Festival. As a traditional festival, many people celebrate it by eating moon cakes, drinking osmanthus wine, eating Osmanthus Jelly, eating hairy crabs, eating ducks and eating taro.