The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first recorded in the Custom Ceremony of Mid-Autumn Festival. It is called "Mid-Autumn Festival" because August15th of the lunar calendar is exactly the autumn of a year, and it is in the middle of August.

Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:

Enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes.

Watching the moon and eating moon cakes have become the necessary customs for Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "August and 15th are full, and the moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival are fragrant and sweet". The word moon cake originated from Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was only a telecom food. Later, people gradually associate enjoying the full moon together with the mooncakes, symbolizing family reunion and carrying their thoughts.

Ancient poems of Mid-Autumn Festival:

1, the bright moon lifts from the Mountain of Heaven, in an infinite haze of cloud and sea. The mighty wind blows tens of thousands of miles, passing through the Yumen pass. -Li Bai's Guan Shanyue

2. so bright a gleam on the foot of my bed, could there have been a frost already?. I raise my head to gaze at the moon, Lowering my head, my nostalgia comes around. -Li Bai's Thoughts on a Quiet Night

3. he knows that the dews tonight will be frost, how much brighter the moonlight is at home!. -Du Fu's remembering my brothers on a moonlight night