The reason why Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival: Because celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular among many Chinese ethnic groups in China and other countries in the Chinese cultural circle. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has included worshiping the moon, admiring the moon, worshiping the moon, eating moon cakes, appreciating osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine. These customs have been widely spread and received thunderous applause. The Mid-Autumn Festival uses the round moon as a sign of family reunion, expressing the deep affection for missing one's hometown and relatives, and looking forward to a good harvest and happiness, and has become a diverse and precious cultural heritage. The Mid-Autumn Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the New Year Festival and the Tomb Sweeping Festival are collectively known as the four traditional festivals in China. Because the festival falls on August 15th, it is called "August Festival" and "August Half"; because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are based on the "moon", it is also known as "Moon Festival" and "Moon Eve". "; The full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival represents family reunion, so it is also called the "Reunion Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "the first month of the year".

Historical records about the "Reunion Festival" were first common in the Ming Dynasty. "West Lake Tour Chronicles" says: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and folk custom gives moon cakes to each other, which means family reunion." "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" says: "When worshiping the moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the cakes must be round, the melons must be broken with teeth, and the petals must be carved like lotus flowers. ... Those who have a wife who is peaceful will return to her husband's house on this day, which is also called the Reunion Festival. ".

Uncommon customs of eating during the Mid-Autumn Festival: In addition to eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are also customs in some areas to drink osmanthus wine and eat glutinous rice cakes. Osmanthus wine has a rich aroma and is especially suitable for drinking in August, especially when eaten with mooncakes. It not only enhances the flavor but also has a hint of the elegance of the ancients who composed this poem while drinking under the moonlight. Therefore, villagers living in some places will fall in love with brewing their own osmanthus wine, saving it for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and forwarding it to neighbors or relatives and friends, gathering together under the moon, admiring the moonscape and tasting delicious food, Mid-Autumn Festival During the festival, in addition to eating moon cakes, drinking osmanthus wine and eating glutinous rice cakes.

Some people also like to eat pumpkins. Pumpkins are a more suitable vegetable to eat in August, and winter melons are round in shape, which also symbolizes reunion and happiness. There are many ways to boil winter melon. People in some places will cook pumpkin into a large table of dishes with different local characteristics on this day. An indispensable part of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the reunion banquet, so ingredients like winter melon, which symbolizes family reunion, are indispensable. The most indispensable part of the Mid-Autumn Festival is mooncakes, although in addition to mooncakes, people also drink osmanthus wine, eat glutinous rice cakes, etc. But mooncakes are a necessity. After all, it is a custom passed down a long time ago. If you don’t eat moon cakes, it will feel like you are not celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. It can be said that mooncakes are the representative of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Without mooncakes, the Mid-Autumn Festival would be meaningless. Naturally, without other Mid-Autumn Festival necessities, the Mid-Autumn Festival will become boring.