The significance of Mid-Autumn Festival

The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. It is called Mid-Autumn Festival because it lives in the middle of March in autumn. The folk custom is family reunion, eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon.

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Moon Festival and Reunion Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. It has been circulating for a long time.