The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as August 15th, has many nicknames, such as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon-playing Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival. It is a traditional cultural festival popular in many ethnic groups and countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters in China.
The festival began in the Tang Dynasty and originated from the culture of offering sacrifices to the moon and the celebration of autumn harvest in ancient China. The main customs of Mid-Autumn Festival are eating moon cakes, enjoying the moon, lighting lanterns, offering sacrifices to the moon, competing in moon cakes and playing with lanterns. These customs represent people's yearning and prayers for family reunion and happiness. On May 20th, 2006, Mid-Autumn Festival was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national legal holiday.
Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:
1, Eating moon cakes: Eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important folk customs. There are many kinds of moon cakes with various flavors and shapes, such as lotus seed paste, five kernels and red bean paste.
2. Appreciating the Moon: The Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to appreciate the moon. People will get together to watch the full moon, and in the process of appreciating the moon, they will also recite poems and talk about the beauty of the moon.
3. Lighting lanterns: On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, people will light various lanterns, including red lanterns, colored lanterns and flower lanterns, to illuminate the night sky and create a festive atmosphere.
4. Setting off fireworks: In some places, there is also the custom of setting off fireworks, which is also to create a festive atmosphere and increase the joyful atmosphere.
5. the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon: In some areas, people will make the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's toys, which means that Chang 'e spent the Mid-Autumn Festival on the moon, and at the same time, it also increased the festive atmosphere.