1, "Mid-Autumn Festival"
This nickname comes from the fact that the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which is in the middle of autumn, hence the name. According to the ancient calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is called the second month of autumn, so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival".
2. "Correcting festivals"
This nickname appeared in the Tang Dynasty. During this period, the festive atmosphere of Mid-Autumn Festival reached its peak, and people attached great importance to this autumn festival in August, which meant reunion and peace. Therefore, people call Mid-Autumn Festival "the right month".
3. Moonlight
The ancients called the festival on February 15th of midsummer "Flower Dynasty", so they called August 15th of midsummer "Moon and Evening". The moon on August 15 in autumn is rounder and brighter than the moon in other months, hence the name "moonlight". This elegant name is poetic and gives people a good feeling.
4. "Moon Chasing Festival"
This nickname does not refer to the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. In some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is held on August 16 in autumn, such as Ningbo, Taizhou and Zhoushan. In the Yuan Dynasty, people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces took the 14th day of the first month as the Lantern Festival and August 16th as the Mid-Autumn Festival in order to guard against the attack of officers and men of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhu. Therefore, these places call Mid-Autumn Festival "Moon Chasing Festival".
5. "moon worship festival"
This nickname comes from a legend. According to legend, Wuyan, an ugly woman in ancient Qi, devoted herself to her body when she was young, and entered the palace with superior moral character when she grew up, but she was not loved. On the night of enjoying the moon on August 15th one year, the son of heaven saw her under the autumn moon and thought she was beautiful and outstanding, so he made her the queen. Therefore, the custom of Yue Bai Mid-Autumn Festival comes from this.
6. "Playing the Moon Festival"
A book written by Yuan in the Northern Song Dynasty is called "Dream of Tokyo", which records the local customs of Tokyo at that time, that is, Kaifeng Prefecture, and records that nobles would get together and have a good drink at the Mid-Autumn Festival. And folk people will also occupy small restaurants and enjoy the moon.