August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon on August 15th is rounder and brighter than the full moons in other months, so it is also called "Moon Night" and "August Festival". On the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival, people try their best to reunite with their families, taking the meaning of a double moon, and August 15th is also called "Reunion Festival".

Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional folk festival of Han nationality and ethnic minorities. As early as the three dynasties, there was a custom of "autumn dusk and evening moon" in China. The evening moon is to worship the moon god. In the Zhou dynasty, every mid-autumn night was held to welcome the cold and offer sacrifices to the moon. In the Tang Dynasty, enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival and playing with the moon were quite popular. In the Southern Song Dynasty, people gave mooncakes to each other as a token of reunion. In the evening, there were activities such as enjoying the moon and visiting the lake. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival has become more popular. In many places, burning incense, planting Mid-Autumn Festival trees, lighting tower lanterns, putting sky lanterns and walking on the moon have been formed. Dance dragon and other special customs. Today, the custom of playing under the moon is rare. However, feasting to enjoy the moon is still very popular. People drink wine in asking for the moon to celebrate a better life, or wish their relatives far away healthy and happy, and have a wonderful time with their families. String 9

In ancient times, there were activities to worship the moon and Yue Bai. Set up a big incense table, and put moon cakes, watermelons, apples, pears, grapes and other sacrifices, among which moon cakes and watermelons are absolutely indispensable. Watermelons are also cut into lotus shapes. Under the moon, the moon gods are placed in that place of the moon, and red candles burn high. The whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts the reunion moon cakes. The people who cut them count in advance how many people there are in the whole family, and they can't cut more or less. The connection between moon cakes and Mid-Autumn Festival was in the Ming Dynasty. According to relevant information, at that time, there was a kind of mooncake filled with fruit in Beijing, and people made mooncakes themselves on the Mid-Autumn Festival for their own use and gifts to relatives and friends to express their reunion and congratulations. At that time, the size and shape of moon cakes were very irregular and very different, and their names were quite special. For example, on the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiexian County, Shanxi Province, the local people have the custom of having their families sit around and eat reunion moon cakes. The moon cakes they make are many and interesting, such as crescent moon cakes for men, gourd moon cakes for women only, and moon cakes such as "the Monkey King" and "male prostitute" specially prepared for children. There are many names, and so on.

There are many customs and forms of Mid-Autumn Festival, but they all entrust people with infinite love for life and yearning for a better life. The Mid-Autumn Festival has always been hailed as the most human and poetic festival. Some people say that every holiday season, the Mid-Autumn Festival will certainly be more deeply missed, especially when the moon is high.

Speaking of Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been many different legends and fairy tales among the people, including the story of a moth flying to the moon, the moon cake uprising of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the visit of Tang Minghuang to the Moon Palace. Of course, the most familiar story is that the moth ran to the moon, and the moth stole her husband's immortal elixir and flew to the moon palace. There are also many stories. In earlier records, the moth stole the elixir and turned into a toad, called the moon spirit. After running to the moon, the moth lived in the moon palace, which was actually a lonely place, except for a tree and a rabbit. This is the Mid-Autumn Festival