1 originated from the sacrificial activities of ancient emperors.
The Confucian classic Book of Rites in the pre-Qin and Western Han dynasties recorded that "the sun rises in spring, the sun rises in autumn and the moon sets at night", which means that emperors began to worship the moon and Yue Bai as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, aristocratic officials and scholars followed suit and gradually spread to the people.
2. Originated from agricultural production
China has been a farming nation since ancient times, and autumn is the harvest season. Especially in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, all kinds of crops, fruits and vegetables are maturing one after another. People regard the Mid-Autumn Festival, the middle day of autumn, as a festival to celebrate the harvest and express joy. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival may be a custom passed down by the ancients.
3. The moon cake says
Some historians have pointed out that the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival should be August 15th, 13th year of Tang Jun's great cause at the end of Sui Dynasty. Pei Ji and Tang Jun, with the idea of a full moon, successfully invented moon cakes and distributed them to the army as military salaries, which successfully solved the problem of absorbing a large number of military rations derived from anti-Sui rebels and gave birth to the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration.