At first, the festival of "Sacrificing the Moon" was held on the day of "Autumn Equinox" in the 24th solar term of the Ganzhi calendar, and later it was transferred to August 15th in the summer calendar (lunar calendar). In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival was set on August 16th in the summer calendar. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, etc., which have spread to this day and lasted for a long time.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival with a long history. As early as a long time ago, there was the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Every family is looking forward to reunion. On this day, the moon is full, and it is a wonderful thing for families to get together to enjoy the moon and chat and eat moon cakes.
Similarly, in modern times, people still live this traditional festival. Even very young children know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which is a day for family reunion. The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to a legend a long time ago, and it is this legend that makes everyone have such a festival.