Information about the Moon in Mid-Autumn Festival

Since ancient times, China has had the custom of offering sacrifices to the Moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is called "Autumn Evening and Late Moon". "Sacrifice Ceremony" records that the sunrise is in the east and the moon is in the west. The length of Yin and Yang is the same, and they will eventually swim together, even the sum of the world.

In ancient times, especially the royal family attached great importance to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and sacrificial ceremonies became more and more formal with the changes of the times. According to the records of ladies-in-waiting, Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, and Cixi escaped from Beijing on August 1900. On the way to escape, Cixi did not forget to sacrifice the moon. On September 7th, she spent the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, and arranged a festival for the moon.

In addition, from the Tang and Song Dynasties to Japan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is called "Fifteen Nights" or "Moon Festival" in Japan. The Japanese call it "Moon Watching" and "Moon Cake" jiaozi made by Jiangmi. Japanese temples and so-called shrines also hold moon-watching parties.