Mid-Autumn Festival is popular in the Han Dynasty, and the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first recorded in the Han Dynasty documents. The book "Zhou Li Chun Guan" between the two Han Dynasties said that there had been activities such as "welcoming the cold in the Mid-Autumn Night", "offering good clothes in the Mid-Autumn Festival" and "the autumn equinox setting off the moon (Yue Bai)" in the pre-Qin period. In the Han Dynasty, on the Mid-Autumn Festival or the day of beginning of autumn, the elderly were respected and provided with male coarse cakes.
There was also a Mid-Autumn Festival in Jin Dynasty, but it was not very common. In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was combined with fairy tales such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang's felling of laurel, Jade Rabbit's smashing medicine, Yang Guifei's changing to the moon god, and Tang Minghuang's visit to the moon palace, making it full of romance, and the wind of playing with the moon was only flourishing. The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival was shaped in the early years of Tang Dynasty.
Mid-Autumn Festival prevailed in Song Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, August 15th was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there were seasonal foods such as "small cakes are like chewing the moon, and there are crisps and fillings in them".
Meng Yuanlao's Tokyo Dream Record said: "On the Mid-Autumn Night, your family decorated the terrace, and the people competed for the restaurant to play with the moon"; Moreover, "the string is full of enthusiasm, and it is close to the residents. At night, it is like a cloud. Children in the room, even the night wedding drama; As for the night market, as for familiarity. "