Mid-Autumn Festival is another name: Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Playing Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Daughter's Day and Reunion Festival.

1. Mid-Autumn

In China's lunar calendar, a year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn".

2. Autumn Festival

According to the festival time, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on August 15th in autumn, so it is also called "Autumn Festival", "August Festival" and "August Half".

3. Moonlight

The ancients regarded February 15th of midsummer as the "flower dynasty", and correspondingly, it was also called August 15th of midsummer as the "moonlight", because the moonlight at night was brighter than usual.

4. The Moon Festival

is a day. In ancient times, there was a custom of playing under the moon and holding a banquet to enjoy the moon, so it was called the Moon Festival.

5. Moon Worship Festival

According to legend, ugly women in the ancient State of Qi had no salt. When they were young, they were devout to Yue Bai. When they grew up, they entered the palace with superior moral character, but they were not favored. Seeing the moon on August 15th, the son of heaven saw her in the moonlight and thought that she was beautiful and outstanding. Later, he made her the queen, from which the Mid-Autumn Festival Yue Bai came. In the middle of the moon, Chang 'e is famous for her beauty, so Yue Bai, a young girl, wishes to be "like Chang 'e, and her face is like a bright moon".

6. August meeting

August meeting is also called "tuning festival". Traditional festivals of Han people. Popular in Danzhou City, Hainan Province. It is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month every year. On this day, young men and women planted in the market town gave each other fragrant cakes, moon cakes, flower towels, colored fans, vests and so on. In droves, the river flows through the city. Out of the village at night. Go to the scheduled meeting place and conduct a large-scale tune-up activity.

7. Moon-chasing Festival

In some places, such as Ningbo, Taizhou and Zhoushan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is set on August 16th, which is related to the fact that when Fang Guozhen occupied Wenzhou, Taiwan and Ming, he changed "the 14th day of the first month to be Yuanxiao, and the 16th day of August to be Mid-Autumn Festival" in order to prevent the attack of officers and men of Yuan Dynasty and Zhu Yuantian. This carnival is called "chasing the moon".

8. Reunion Festival

On this night, people look up at the bright moon in the sky like jade, and naturally look forward to family reunion. Wanderers who are far away from home also take this opportunity to pin their thoughts on their hometown and relatives. Therefore, Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Reunion Festival".