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Mid Autumn Festival ‘s Origin :

Mid Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, moonlight birthday, moon Eve, autumn festival, moon worship Festival, yueniang Festival, Moon Festival and reunion festival, is a traditional festival among Chinese people.

The Mid Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the moon on autumn Eve in ancient times. At first, the festival of “sacrificing the moon” was held on the 24 solar terms “autumnal equinox” of the Ganzhi calendar. Later, it was adjusted to August 15 of the summer calendar (lunar calendar). In some places, the Mid Autumn Festival was set on August 16 of the summer calendar. Since ancient times, the Mid Autumn Festival has folk customs such as sacrificing the moon, appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, playing lanterns, appreciating osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine and so on.

The Mid Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. The Mid Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs. Most of the festival customs factors contained in it have ancient origins. The Mid Autumn Festival symbolizes people’s reunion with the full moon. In order to place the feeling of missing hometown and relatives, and pray for harvest and happiness, it has become a rich, colorful and precious cultural heritage.

The Mid Autumn Festival, the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival are known as the four traditional festivals in China. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese and overseas Chinese. On May 20, 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Since 2008, the Mid Autumn Festival has been listed as a national legal holiday.

On November 25, 2020, the notice of the general office of the State Council on the arrangement of some holidays in 2021 was issued. The Mid Autumn Festival in 2021 will be off for 3 days from September 19 to 21. Work on Saturday, September 18.

Eatting Moon Cake at Mid Autumn Festival !

The implication of eating moon cakes on the Mid Autumn Festival is reunion, which reflects people’s good wishes for family reunion.

Moon cakes, also known as moon group, harvest cake, palace cake and reunion cake, are offerings to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid Autumn Festival. Moon cakes were originally used to offer sacrifices to the moon god. Later, people gradually took the Mid Autumn Festival to enjoy the moon and taste moon cakes as a symbol of family reunion.

Moon cakes symbolize reunion. People regard them as festival food and use them to sacrifice the moon and give them to relatives and friends. Since its development, eating moon cakes has been a necessary custom for the Mid Autumn Festival in North and South China. On the Mid Autumn Festival, people have to eat moon cakes to show “Reunion”.

Interesting fairy tale – Chang’e running to the moon !

“It is said that in ancient times, Hou Yi married his beautiful wife Chang’e. in addition to performing arts and hunting, he stayed with his wife all day. One day, the queen mother of the West on Kunlun mountain gave Hou Yi a pill of fairy medicine. It is said that after taking this medicine, he could become an immortal. Hou Yi was reluctant to give up his wife, so he handed the fairy medicine to Chang’e for safekeeping. Unexpectedly, Feng Meng saw it. He broke into his house while Hou Yi was out hunting and robbed the fairy medicine. Chang’e couldn’t resist Feng Meng, so she took the fairy medicine herself. She flew out of the window and onto the moon. “