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What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
2017-09-28
Jing Xiao Lei
Mid-Autumn Festival
Oct. 4, 2017 is our Mid-Autumn Festival, do you know this holiday? Let JOYO give you a brief introduction.
The Mid-Autumn Festival ( simplified Chinese: 中秋节, Zhōngqiū Jié ) is a harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night, corresponding to late September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. It is also China's second largest traditional festival after the Spring Festival. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck.
Mainland China listed the festival as an "intangible cultural heritage" in 2006 and a public holiday in 2008. It is also a public holiday in Taiwan and in Hong Kong. Due to China's influence, Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in other parts of Asia too, such as Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia. Besides, moon-cakes have appeared in western countries as a form of delicacy.
Origins
The Chinese have celebrated the harvest during the autumn full moon since the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 B.C.E). The celebration as a festival only started to gain popularity during the early Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.). One legend explains that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang started to hold formal celebrations in his palace after having explored the Moon-Palace.
Moon worship
An important part of the festival celebration is moon worship.
Offerings are also made to a more well-known lunar deity, Chang'e, known as the Moon Goddess of Immortality. The myths associated with Chang'e explain the origin of moon worship during this day. One most famous version of the story is as follows:
In the ancient time, there was a hero named Hou Yi who was excellent at archery. His wife was Chang'e. One year, the ten suns rose in the sky together, causing great disaster to people. Yi shot down nine of the suns and left only one to provide light. An immortal admired Yi and sent him the elixir of immortality. But Yi did not want to leave Chang'e, so he let Chang'e keep the elixir. Later Peng Meng, one of his apprentices, knew this secret. Therefore, on the fifteenth of August in the lunar calendar, when Yi went hunting, Peng Meng broke into Yi's house and forced Chang'e to give the elixir to him. Chang'e refused to do so. Instead, she swallowed it and flew into the sky. Since deeply loved her husband and hoped to live nearby, Chang’e chose the moon for her residence.
When Yi came back and learned what had happened, he felt so sad that he displayed the fruits and cakes Chang'e liked in the yard and gave sacrifices to his wife. People soon learned about these activities, and they also were sympathetic to Chang'e, then they participated in these sacrifices with Yi, praying for peace and happiness.
Since then the Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship custom spreads among the people.
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