Brief introduction of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 50 words: According to historical records, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book "Zhou Li". By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "telling Shangshu Town that cattle were confused, and mid-autumn evening and the left and right traveling incognito across the river".

It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. The Book of Tang Taizong recorded the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was as famous as New Year's Day and became one of the major festivals in China, which was also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular among many ethnic groups in China. Because it is just half the value of Sanqiu, it is named. It is said that the moon is the biggest, roundest and brightest on this night. Since ancient times, people have the custom of drinking and enjoying the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. The daughter-in-law who returns to her mother's house will return to her husband's house in order to express her happiness and auspicious celebration.

Mid-Autumn Festival has evolved to this day.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the secular interest in Japan and China became more and more intense in the New Year. In the activities of enjoying the moon in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "the cakes offering fruit must be round", and each family should set up a "moonlight position" and "worship the moon in the direction of the moon".

Lu Qihong's "Beijing's Year of China" contains: "On the Mid-Autumn Night, people have their own symbols of the Moon Palace, and the symbols are free from standing like people; Chen melon and fruit are in court, and the cake surface is painted with moon palace toad exemption; Men and women worship incense and burn it. " "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also said: On the 15th of August, when the moon is sacrificed, the cakes will be round, the melons will be misshapen, and the petals will be carved like lotus flowers. Those who have a wife who will return to their mother's house will return to their husband's house on the day of the reunion festival.

Up to now, eating moon cakes has become a necessary custom for Mid-Autumn Festival in northern and southern parts of China. Moon cakes symbolize a happy reunion, and people regard them as holiday food, and use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.