This Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which can fall between mid-September to early October in the Gregorian calendar. A related festival in Japan is called Tsukimi, and a related one in Korea is called Chuseok. The Mid-Autumn Festival, more commonly known as Moon Festival, is one of the most important cultural holidays in Taiwan. Zhngqi Jié (), is the official name of the festival in Mandarin and it is widely celebrated in China with a large family feast that culminates with eating mooncakes. For many Vietnamese people, that glorious moon. Celebrating family re-union, this festival program explores moon legends and traditional practices such as lantern making, riddle guessing, moon cake making and the Chinese tea ceremony.
#HISTORY OF MIDAUTUMN FESTIVAL FULL#
That night, you may be inspired to croon like Dean Martin, When the moon hits the sky like a big pizza pie, that’s amore. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a 3000-year-old tradition that occurs when the full moon appears largest in the sky. It became popular after the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279). The Moon Festival often referred to as the Mid-Autumn Festival (), is a harvest festival celebrated across much of Asia. For the upcoming holiday, called Tet Trung Thu in Vietnamese (Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival in English) the moon will be at its biggest and brightest this year. Qing Wang Zhonghua, 'Scroll of the King of Tang. As an important traditional festival in China and the Chinese cultural circle, the rich customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival are also reflected in all aspects of Hanfu clothing, food, housing, and transportation. The custom of the Moon Festival was mainly shaped in the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907). The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals of Han Chinese people. It originated from the custom of worshipping the moon during the Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 256 BC). Similar holidays are celebrated in other Asian countries. It was agreed upon, since the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), that the 8th lunar moon is the happiest day for celebrating harvest. 24, 2022 The Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history of over 3,000 years. The Mid-Autumn Festival is among the most important and popular holidays in Chinese culture, along with the Chinese New Year ( Lunar New Year). Traditional celebrations of the Mid-Autumn Festival usually involve making and eating round pastries known in English as mooncakes, which are traditionally filled with red bean and lotus seed paste (and sometimes egg yolks in the center, representing the moon).Īnother tradition involves floating lanterns with wishes written to the moon goddess Chang’e (see the next section for more about her story and how it relates to the festival). It is also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival. The festival typically coincides with a full moon around the time of the autumnal equinox. It originated in China and is now celebrated in many places in East Asia and in many Asian communities around the world. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival in celebration of the fall season.
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