The Mid-Autumn festival, also known as yuecxi, autumn festival, zhong qiu festival, women's festival or reunion festival.
(中秋节,又称月夕、秋节、仲秋节、八月节、八月会、追月节、玩月节、拜月节、女儿节或团圆节。)
Is popular in many ethnic groups in China and the Chinese cultural circle of the traditional cultural festival, when the lunar August 15.
(是流行于中国众多民族与汉字文化圈诸国的传统文化节日,时在农历八月十五。)
Due to its exact value of three autumn half, the name, some places will be set in August 16.
(因其恰值三秋之半,故名,也有些地方将中秋节定在八月十六。)
The Mid-Autumn festival began in the early tang dynasty and prevailed in the song dynasty.
(中秋节始于唐朝初年,盛行于宋朝。)
By the Ming and qing dynasties, it had become one of the traditional Chinese festivals as well as the Spring Festival.
(至明清时,已成为与春节齐名的中国传统节日之一。)
扩展资料
中秋节的起源和农业生产有关。秋天是收获的季节。“秋”字的解释是:“庄稼成熟曰秋”。八月中秋,农作物和各种果品陆续成熟,农民为了庆祝丰收,表达喜悦的心情,就以“中秋”这天作为节日。
“中秋”就是秋天中间的意思,农历的八月是秋季中间的一个月,十五日又是这个月中间的一天,所以中秋节可能是古人“秋报”遗传下来的习俗。
参考资料来源:百度百科-中秋节