Happy National Day and Mid-Autumn Day 2023

Happy National Day and Mid-Autumn Day 2023

Holiday Rest time:29th Sep to 5th Oct

What is Mid-Autumn Day?

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the autumn eve of the ancient times. At first, the festival of "Jiyue Festival" was on the 24th solar term "autumn equinox" in the Ganzhi calendar. Later, it was adjusted to the fifteenth day of the Xia calendar (lunar calendar). In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival was set on the sixteenth day of the Xia calendar. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as worshipping the moon, watching the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, and drinking osmanthus wine.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times and was popular in the Han Dynasty. It was finalized in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. It is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival factors it contains have ancient origins. And it uses the full moon to signify the reunion of people. It is to miss the hometown, the love of relatives, and hope for a harvest and happiness, and become a rich and precious cultural heritage.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the Spring Festival, the Ching Ming Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival are also known as the four major traditional festivals in China. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially the local Chinese and overseas Chinese. On May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national legal holiday.