Chinese Traditional Festival Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August will, Chase Festival, Playing Festival, Baoyue Festival, Daughter Festival or Reunion Festival, is popular in many ethnic groups and Chinese culture The traditional cultural festivals of various countries, when the lunar calendar in August fifteen; because of its just three autumn half, named, and some places will be in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August 16. Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early Tang Dynasty, popular in the Song Dynasty, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, has become a par with the Spring Festival, one of China's major festivals. Affected by the Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, especially the local Chinese and overseas Chinese. Since 2008 the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as national holidays. May 20, 2006, the State Council included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Mid-Autumn Festival since ancient times there will be on the moon, moon, moon, moon cakes, osmanthus, osmanthus wine drinking, and other customs, spread so far, Mid-Autumn Festival to the round of the trillion-round reunion, for sustenance miss home, miss their loved ones, pray for good harvest, happiness, become rich and colorful, precious cultural heritage. Mid-Autumn Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival and known as China's four major traditional festivals.