Gowei wish everyone enjoy The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important traditional festival in the Chinese character cultural circle. It originated in China and is held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year, usually from early September to early October in the Gregorian calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia, especially in the local Chinese. The eighth month of the lunar calendar is the second month of autumn. In ancient China, it was called Zhongqiu or Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is not only located in the second month of the third month of autumn, but also on the 15th day of the month. This may be the reason why it was named Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the August Festival, the Half of August, the Moon Festival, the Moon Festival, and the 15th Night.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also the harvest season for crops. Some folklorists believe that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival to celebrate the autumn harvest and to worship the God of Land. It is a festival to thank God for his grace, so it belongs to the harvest festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion. People will return home to eat and reunite together, and will worship their ancestors to thank them for their blessings. They also eat certain foods, many of which are related to the moon and reunion. These foods are also offerings to the moon. For example, the Chinese (Han) have the custom of eating moon cakes. In addition, seasonal fruits and other crops such as carambolas, pomelo, taro, chestnuts, water chestnuts, pears, persimmons, etc.
In 2008, mainland China began to list the Mid-Autumn Festival as a legal holiday, with a day off on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
Gowei wish everyone in the world can get together with your family ,and enjoy The Mid-Autumn Festival.
