The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022 will fall on September 10th.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, is one of my country’s traditional festivals. There are many legends and traditions surrounding the origins of the holiday. The Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival are also known as the four traditional festivals of the Chinese Han people. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20, 2006, the festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.

There are many games and activities during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The first is playing with lanterns. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major lantern festivals in my country. Of course, there is no large-scale lantern festival like the Lantern Festival in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Playing with lanterns is mainly done among families and children. The custom of offering sacrifices and worshiping the moon is also popular among ethnic minorities.

Festival nicknames:

The Mid-Autumn Festival has many nicknames: In ancient times, there was an activity on the eve of the autumnal equinox (moon worship), so it was called "Yuexi" or "Moon Festival". Because the festival falls on August 15th, it is called "August Festival" and "August Half"; because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all centered around the "moon", it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival"; the Mid-Autumn Festival has a full moon. , symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival".

The moon is full during the Mid-Autumn Festival, families are reunited, and married daughters go home to reunite, so it is also called "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Day". In Guangfu area, the Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as "Moonlight Festival". In mid-autumn, all kinds of fruits are ripe and on the market, so it is called the "Fruit Festival". The Dong people call it "Pumpkin Festival", and the Mulao people call it "Housheng Festival".

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Correct Month". Records about the "Reunion Festival" were first seen in literary works of the Ming Dynasty. "West Lake Tour Notes" says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send moon cakes to each other to symbolize reunion."

"The Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also says: "August 15th When offering sacrifices to the moon, the cakes must be round, the melons must be divided into pieces, and the petals must be engraved like lotus flowers... If a woman returns to peace, she will return to her husband's house on this day, which is called the Reunion Festival.

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Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Mid-Autumn Festival