What are the origins and customs of August 15th?
The Mid-Autumn Festival celebration originated from ancient people's sacrifice to the moon, which is the legacy and derivative of China people's custom of sacrificing to the moon. Sacrificing to the moon is a very old custom in China. In fact, it is a ritual activity of the ancients in some places in ancient China to "Moon God". According to textual research, the original Mid-Autumn Festival was set at the "Autumn Equinox" in the twenty-four solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar.
However, due to historical development, the lunar calendar (summer calendar) was later used, so the Festival of Sacrificing the Moon was transferred from the twenty-four solar terms "Autumn Equinox" in the elephant calendar to the fifteenth day of August in the summer calendar (summer calendar). Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, most of which have ancient origins.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important traditional festival in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, 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 Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient China. Therefore, it is called 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.
The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, prevailed in the Song Dynasty and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has become one of the traditional festivals in China with the same reputation as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese.