Origin and Significance of Harvest Festival: The origin of China Farmers Harvest Festival can be traced back to 20 18. In order to further highlight the important position of farmers, inherit and carry forward Chinese farming civilization and excellent cultural traditions, at the same time enhance farmers' sense of honor, happiness and gain, and safeguard farmers' rights and interests in the strategy of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.

Harvest Festival is a traditional festival to celebrate the harvest. There are festivals to celebrate the harvest all over the world, but there may be differences in specific time, form and content. In China, the Harvest Festival is usually celebrated on the 10th day of October or 15th day of August of the lunar calendar, and also on the solar terms of the autumn equinox.

China Farmers Harvest Festival was set up on 20 18, with the annual autumn as the time node, aiming at mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of hundreds of millions of farmers and enhancing their sense of honor, happiness and acquisition. Harvest Festival is not only a tribute and inheritance to the traditional twenty-four solar terms, but also the crystallization of ancient wisdom, and also the embodiment of contemporary China people's understanding of natural changes, adapting to natural laws and adapting to the concept of sustainable development.

Celebrate the harvest festival

Sacrifice to Shennong: Shennong is the ancestor of agriculture in China. People will offer sacrifices to Shennong at the Harvest Festival to show their respect for agriculture and gratitude to Shennong.

Celebrate the harvest: People will celebrate the harvest in various ways, such as holding harvest celebrations, parades, dancing and singing. To express their joy in the harvest and gratitude to nature.

Grateful to nature: Celebrating the Harvest Festival is not only a celebration of agriculture, but also a gratitude to nature. People will express their gratitude to nature in various ways, such as holding gratitude ceremonies and planting trees.

Food Festival: When celebrating the Harvest Festival, there are usually various food stalls to display local special agricultural products and food culture, so that people can taste fresh agricultural products and feel the joy of harvest.

Determination of harvest festival

On June 2, 20654381,the State Council held a press conference on "China Farmers Harvest Festival". At the press conference, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Changfu said that recently, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the approval of the State Council, the annual lunar equinox has been designated as "China Farmers Harvest Festival" since 20 18. This is the first national festival specially set up for farmers. It is a major event with historical significance and a good thing with people's feelings.