The Mid Autumn Festival is one of the four major traditional festivals in China.
On August 15 of the lunar calendar, it originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty.
There are folk customs such as sacrificing the moon, appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, appreciating osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine and so on.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, dating back to ancient China, pays homage to the moon and good harvest.During the festival, the sharing and eating of round mooncakes among family members signify the completeness and unity of families.
The Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn is a traditional festival in Chinese. It's also called Autumn festive, August festival or Reunion festival and so on. It's often on August 15th in lunar calendar every year. At that night the moon is usually round and bright. We enjoyed the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. We looked back on the past and looked forward to the future together. 中秋节是中国的传统节日。它也被人们叫做八月节或团圆节等等。通常是每年的农历八月十五这一天。那一天晚上的月亮又圆又。我们一边吃着象征这个节日的特殊食物--月饼一边赏月。我们一起回首过去并展望未来。