There are many customs in Mid-Autumn Festival, such as enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes, but do you know the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival?

My father told me that the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the middle of autumn, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival. According to historical records, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book Zhou Li. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "telling Shangshu Town about the cow's confusion, crossing the river in mid-autumn, and traveling incognito around". It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. "Tang Shu? Emperor Taizong recorded that the Mid-Autumn Festival was on August 15th. The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and it became one of the major festivals in China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.

According to the China calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, which is the second month of autumn, and it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", while the fifteenth day of August is in the middle of it, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". Mid-Autumn Festival has many nicknames: it is called "August Festival" and "August and a half" because it falls on August 15th; Because the main activities of Mid-Autumn Festival are all around the moon, it is also commonly known as "Moon Festival" and "Moonlit Night". The full moon in Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "correcting the moon". The record of "Reunion Festival" was first seen in the Ming Dynasty. "Journey to the West Lake" says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people send moon cakes to show their reunion". "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" also said: "On August 15th, the moon was sacrificed, the cakes were round, the melons were wrongly divided, and the petals were carved with lotus flowers. ..... Anyone who returns to Ning with a wife will return to her husband's family one day, which is called "Reunion Festival". On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a custom of "reunion" in most parts of our country, that is, flipping a small cake symbolizing reunion, which is similar to a moon cake. The cake contains sugar, sesame, sweet-scented osmanthus and vegetables, and the moon, sweet-scented osmanthus tree and rabbit are pressed outside. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the elders at home will divide the cake into pieces according to the number of people, and each person will have one. If someone is not at home, leave one for them to show family reunion.

While chewing sweet moon cakes, I listened to my father's legend about the moon and looked at the bright moon. Many ancient poems describing the moon came to my mind: "The moon is now very round at sea, and the end of the world is at this time." Zhang Jiuling, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Looking at the Moon and Thinking Far away", which has attracted countless China people at home and abroad for thousands of years!

"I hope people will live for a long time, thousands of miles away." I really hope that people who are far away from home can reunite with their families and parents on this Mid-Autumn Festival night.