Mid-Autumn Festival is China's traditional festival. According to historical records, "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the "Zhou," a book. Jin era, when the "Book of the town of cattle encyclical confusion, the Qiuxi around incognito with the pan-Jiang" records. Until the Tang dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. "Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ? remember," recorded in a "Mid-Autumn Festival."
The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty to Ming and Qing dynasties, has been as famous with the New Year's Day has become one of China's major festivals. This is the second largest in China after the Chinese New Year traditional festivals.
According to our calendar, the middle of the eighth lunar month in the autumn for the autumn's first month, called "qiu", and again in August 15, "qiu", and would therefore referred to as "Mid-Autumn Festival."
There are many other Mid-Autumn Festival, said: In the August 15 due to holiday season, so called "Ba Yuejie", "in August and a half"; because of the main activities centered around the Mid-Autumn Festival "month" basis, so also commonly known as "Moon Festival "" On evening "; Mid-Autumn Festival moon successfully, symbolizing the reunion, which were known as" Reunion. " In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "correct month." On "Reunion," the record was first seen in the Ming Dynasty.
"West Lake I," said: "August 15 that the Mid-Autumn Festival, to speak of a moon cake Corporate Banking, to take meaning reunion." "Royal Plaza scene a little," also said: "On August 15 ceremony, the cake must be round, sub-melon must be the wrong tooth, such as lotus petals carved. ... ... He has a women owned tranquility, that day will return to her husband, Yue reunion section also. "
Mid-Autumn evening, most of the region have branded "Reunion," the custom, that is branded a symbol of reunion, like a small pancake moon cake, the cake inside the bag of sugar, sesame, osmanthus flowers and vegetables, external pressure the moon, laurel, rabbits and other patterns .
Festival months later, from home according to the number of elders will be cake cut into pieces, each one, if people do not leave a home that is for that the family reunion.
