The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. It is one of the four traditional Chinese festivals, including the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 3,000 years and can be traced back to the worship of the moon in the Shang Dynasty. Because of the importance of the Mid-Autumn Festival, many poets will write poems for it. Stories and legends about the Mid-Autumn Festival are widely spread among the people, and the origin of the festival has been explored by generations of Chinese people.
The Mid-Autumn Festival represents reunion. In China, the Mid-Autumn Festival, travel in the outside will be back home. They enjoy and eat the moon with their families. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes the consummation of the family, people's reunion, but also sustenance of people's infinite love for life and the yearning for a better life.
中秋节为每年的农历八月十五,它与春节、清明节、端午节并称为中国的四大传统节日。中秋节有三千多年历史,可以追溯到商代时对月亮的崇拜。因为中秋节的重要地位,历代诗人都会为中秋节写诗,关于中秋节的故事、传奇在民间广为流传,中秋节的起源也被历代中国人探究。
中秋节代表着团圆。在我国,中秋节时,在外的游子都会赶回家,和家人一起赏月、吃月饼,所以,中秋节象征着家庭的圆满、人们的团聚,也寄托着人们对生活无限的热爱和对美好生活的向往。