The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year and is the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and it became one of the major festivals in China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. About the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, there are roughly three kinds: from the worship of the moon in ancient times, from the custom of singing and dancing under the moon to find a spouse in ancient times, and from the custom of paying homage to the land god in ancient autumn.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is on July 15th of the lunar calendar, and some of it is on July 14th. It used to be Xiaoqiu, and a batch of crops were ripe. As a rule, people should worship their ancestors, provide new rice and other sacrifices, and report the situation in Qiu Cheng to their ancestors. Therefore, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, every family pays homage to their ancestors. On July 15, I went to visit the grave to worship my ancestors.
4. In ancient China, July 15 was the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival. Legend has it that on this day, the gates of hell are wide open and the dead will wander around the world, so the living should prepare some sacrifices to worship ghosts on this day. Since the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is no longer held in July 15, but from July 1 1 to July 15. But different places have the same Halloween taboo.