One of the four traditional festivals in China, the Mid-Autumn Festival
The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is inseparable from the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the relic of the ancient celestial phenomenon worship - the custom of respecting the moon. During the autumn equinox, it is the old "Sacrificial Moon Festival". Sacrificing the moon is a very ancient custom in our country.
The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "autumn equinox". In traditional culture, the moon is the same as the sun, and these two alternate celestial bodies have become the objects of worship of the ancestors. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient people's sacrifice to the moon, and it is the relic and derivative of the Chinese people's custom of worshiping the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival and customs elements contain ancient origins.
Eating moon cakes, admiring the moon, and carrying lanterns are the Mid-Autumn Festival customs passed down from generation to generation by the Chinese. As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, time-honored merchants around the country have launched various mooncakes. There are mooncake counters in major shopping malls in the city, and mooncake advertisements in newspapers and TV stations are overwhelming, creating a festive atmosphere for the Mid-Autumn Festival. A lantern-carrying parade was held to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition to the dragon and lion dances, floats carrying "Chang'e" and "Seven Fairies" roamed through it. Artists and young people in bright costumes sang and danced.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival that Chinese people living in China attach great importance to. The main commercial streets in the overseas Chinese settlement area are decorated with colorful lights, and colorful banners are hung on the main intersections and small bridges entering Chinatown. Many shops sell all kinds of homemade moon cakes or imported from China. Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations include a dragon dance parade, national costume parade, lantern parade and float parade, etc.
