About Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival and the Reunion Festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as worshiping the moon, admiring the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, admiring osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine.
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times and was popular in the Han Dynasty. It was finalized in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival, the Spring Festival, the Ching Ming Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival are also known as the four major traditional festivals in China.
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the autumn eve of ancient times. Sacrificing the moon is a very ancient custom in China, and it is a kind of worship activity for the "moon god" by the ancients in some parts of ancient China. Since its development, eating moon cakes has become a must-have custom for me throughout China to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes symbolize reunion, and people regard them as festive food and use them to offer sacrifices to relatives and friends.