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.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Looking forward to the reunion of family members with the full moon, yearning for the hometown and the love of relatives, and looking forward to a bumper harvest and a happy life, becoming a rich and precious cultural heritage. The activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are mainly carried out around the moon. On this day, people will eat moon cakes, and moon cakes are also an important gift for friends to connect with each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
There was also a custom of playing with lanterns in ancient times, mainly among families and children. This is mainly concentrated in the southern regions, such as Foshan, where there will be a variety of colored lights: sesame lanterns, eggshell lanterns, bird and beast lanterns and so on.
Luxury light hopes that those who follow and read this article can have a happy life, good health, and family reunion. Luxury also prepared holiday gifts for our employees, a box of exquisite moon cakes, and will have a holiday on the 20th and 21st, with their family and friends for a good festival.
Post time: Sep-17-2021
