Mid-Autumn Festival is China's traditional festival, and the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Ching Ming of China's four major traditional Chinese festivals. According to historical records records, the emperors of ancient spring Etiquette is, at the autumn festival on the system, "Moonlight" word first appeared in "Zhou Li," a book; until the early Tang Dynasty, to become fixed in the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, "Tang Shu Tai Zong Ji" records the day; August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival "is the prevalence of the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Sung Dynasty.

Lunar New Year Festival period of August 15, is a half-day coincides with San-Qiu, Gu Ming, "Mid-Autumn Festival", also known as "Zhongqiu Festival"; because of this festival in the autumn, August, is also known as the "Autumn Festival," " Ba Yuejie "" August "; have to pray for the reunion of popular belief and related activities, is also known as" Tuan Yuanjie, "" daughter Festival. " The main activities for the Mid-Autumn Festival are on the "Yuanjie", therefore, also commonly known as the "Festival," "Yue Xi," "recovery of Festival", "Wan Yue Festival", "Bai Yue Jie"; in the Tang Dynasty, was also the Mid-Autumn Festival Known as the "Duan Zheng Yue."

Mid-Autumn Festival on the origin, generally there are three: the origin of ancient worship, even on the dance to find the custom is to worship the ancient land of God fall on the left customs. In addition, the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or the people of the major festivals, not only the Han Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, the Dong, Miao, Zhuang, Dai, Li, Man, Korean, Gaoshan Zu, and other minorities have been over 20 Mid-Autumn Festival.