The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival is about 200 words.

In ancient China, there was a custom of offering sacrifices to the moon a long time ago. According to Zhou Li, in the Zhou Dynasty, there were activities such as "welcoming the cold in the mid-autumn night" and "Yue Bai in the autumn equinox". The mid-August of the lunar calendar is also the time for the harvest of autumn grain. People hold a series of ceremonies and celebrations to thank the gods for their protection. This is the so-called "Autumn Newspaper".

Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature is cool but not cold, the sky is crisp, and the moon is in the sky, which is the best season to enjoy the moon. As a result, the composition of the festival was gradually replaced by enjoying the moon, and the color of the sacrifice gradually faded, but the festival continued and was given new significance. This is the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival.

Extended data

Mid-Autumn Festival is an important traditional festival in China cultural circle, which falls on the 15th day of August in the lunar calendar and from September to the beginning of 10 in the Gregorian calendar. According to the lunar calendar, August is the second month of autumn, which was called the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival among the people, and it is also called Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Half Day, Moon Festival and Full Moon Festival. Fifteen nights is one of the four traditional festivals of the Han nationality. Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in Korea, Japan, Taiwan Province Province, Viet Nam and Ryukyu.

Mid-Autumn Festival has many nicknames: it is called "August Festival" and "August and a half" because it falls on August 15th; Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all around the moon, it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival" and "Moon Festival". The full moon in Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "correcting the moon".

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