What is the custom of August 15th?

The custom on August 15th is to eat moon cakes. Watching the moon and eating moon cakes is an essential custom in Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. As the saying goes, August 15th is perfect, and moon cakes are sweet. The word moon cake originated from Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was just a snack. Later, people gradually combined moon viewing with moon cakes to symbolize family reunion and missing. At the same time, moon cakes are also important gifts for friends to connect their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The origin of the custom of August 15

Like other festivals, Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, and its development is slow. The ancient emperors had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. The word Mid-Autumn Festival first came from Zhou Li, Zhou Gongdan, and Yue Ling, Li Ji in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which said: Enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival to support the elderly and eat porridge.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, some noble literati looked up at the moon hanging in the sky every Mid-Autumn Festival to pay homage to their feelings. Later, this custom gradually developed into a folk activity and over time, it became a traditional activity. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, people paid more attention to this custom of offering sacrifices to the moon. Over time, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival.