When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. It evolved from the ancient festival of offering sacrifices to the moon in autumn. The original "Moon Festival" was at the autumnal equinox of the twenty-four solar terms. However, due to the integration of calendars in historical development, the lunar calendar was used, and it was later transferred to the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.

According to China's calendar, August in the lunar calendar is the middle of autumn and the second month of autumn, which is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, while August 15th falls on the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the traditional "Autumn Equinox Sacrificing the Moon", and as one of the important ceremonies of folk festivals, it gradually evolved into activities such as appreciating and praising the moon.

Mid-autumn festival food

1, moon cake

Eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing traditional custom in China. The weather is clear and the moon is bright, and Gui Xiang is refreshing. Everyone tastes moon cakes and enjoys the moon together. This is a unique holiday reunion. As a kind of food that looks like a full moon and contains good stuffing, moon cakes appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo, a poet and gourmet, has a poem that "a small cake is like chewing the moon, with crisp and glutinous inside".

As a kind of food, it is called "moon cake", which first appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty's "Steamed Food from Wulin". At that time, there was a folk saying in Hangzhou that "mooncakes were fed to each other, which meant Mid-Autumn Festival reunion". By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, mooncakes had become the Japanese and American styles of Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Osmanthus Jelly

Mid-Autumn Festival is a time when osmanthus flowers are fragrant. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people will use osmanthus as the most Osmanthus Jelly or soak osmanthus wine. Whether it is Osmanthus Jelly or osmanthus wine, it exudes the unique fragrance of osmanthus.

3.snails

Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the snail was empty, but there was no snail in the belly. Therefore, the meat is particularly full, which is the best time to eat snails. Moreover, snail meat is rich in nutrition, and vitamin A is an important substance of eye visual pigment.

4, grapefruit

Grapefruit is one of the necessities of Mid-Autumn Festival, because "grapefruit" is homophonic with "you", which also means wishing the moon bless. Eating sweet moon cakes and then eating sweet and sour grapefruit is both appetizing and boring, which makes people feel refreshed.