Mid-Autumn Festival has existed since ancient times. The birth of Mid-Autumn Festival is closely related to the worship of celestial phenomena by the ancients. The ancients had a natural awe of the moon because of their worship of celestial phenomena, and because they feared that the ancients would choose auspicious days to worship the moon, the Mid-Autumn Festival was born over time. At first, the ancients set the date for worshipping the moon. Autumn equinox? This solar term, so this solar term was also called in ancient times? Moon Festival? . Later, with the continuous development of society, the calendar followed by the ancients changed, so? Moon Festival? The time has also changed.
after the Han dynasty replaced the Qin dynasty, the people's life gradually became stable, and the economy and culture also developed accordingly. During the Han Dynasty, people in the northern and southern regions who were not very familiar with each other gradually became familiar with each other because of the increasingly frequent economic and cultural exchanges between the two places, and the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was popular in the south, gradually spread to the north, thus getting further development. Besides,? Mid-Autumn Festival? This word also appeared in the Han Dynasty, and it was first mentioned in an ancient book called Zhou Li.
Although the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Han Dynasty was no longer confined to the south, its popularity in the north was not particularly high. This situation didn't completely change until the Tang Dynasty. As we all know, the Tang Dynasty was a very prosperous period in the history of China. It is precisely because of the rapid development of economy, culture and other fields during this period that the Mid-Autumn Festival has been further popularized and finally determined as a national festival.
After the rapid development of the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival became more and more common in the Song Dynasty. It happened in the Northern Song Dynasty when August 15th of the lunar calendar was designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. While the Mid-Autumn Festival is becoming more and more popular, its customs and habits are becoming more and more diverse. In addition to the initial activities of offering sacrifices to the moon, people will also have custom activities such as eating moon cakes and enjoying lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival.