Fan Wenyi:

The ancient calendar divided each season into three months, namely, Meng Yue, Mid Moon and Ji Yue. August of the lunar calendar is the second month of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn", while August 15th of the lunar calendar is just half of autumn, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Fan Wener:

On August 15th, Chang 'e took the fairy medicine and went to the moon. Hou Yi misses Chang 'e, so every year on this day, Chang 'e's favorite food will be placed in the garden, hoping that she can come back for reunion. Later, it evolved into a festival, which was called the Mid-Autumn Festival because it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Fan Wensan:

In farming society, crops are very important to farmers, so people often sacrifice land. In autumn harvest, farmers will offer sacrifices to the land gods. The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is just the harvest time of crops, so it gradually evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Fan Wensi:

Originated from the sacrificial activities of ancient emperors. "Book of Rites" records that "the son of heaven shines in the spring and the sun shines in the autumn, and the moon in the evening", which means that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, emperors began to offer sacrifices to the moon and Yue Bai. Later, aristocratic officials and scholars followed suit and gradually spread to the people.

Fan Wenwu:

Legend has it that Chang 'e is the wife of Hou Yi, who flew to heaven to become immortal because of taking elixir. Because of worrying about her husband flying to the nearest moon, one in the sky and the other on the ground can't reunite.

After knowing this, the old Baixin people put incense tables in their backyard on August 15th every year and lit incense sticks to beg for peace. Happiness. Later, the Mid-Autumn Festival represented "reunion".

Fan Wenliu:

Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from offering sacrifices to the land gods. In farming society, crops are very important to farmers, so people often sacrifice land. In autumn harvest, farmers will offer sacrifices to the land gods. The 15th day of the eighth lunar month is just the harvest time of crops, so it gradually evolved into the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Fan Wenqi:

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 was later transferred to August 15th of the summer calendar (lunar calendar). According to China's calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, which is the second month of autumn, and it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", while the fifteenth day of August is in the middle of it, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".