Is August Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival? What is the origin and introduction?
August Festival refers to two festivals, one of which is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the other refers to the traditional festival of the Gelao ethnic group in China.But no matter what kind of festival it is, it is the most concerned and grand festival.When the Mid-Autumn Festival comes, it will be a statutory holiday.
Introduction to August Festival
1.Traditional Gelao Festival
August Festival (August 15th to 20th) is the most solemn tradition of the Gelao people festival.On the first day of the festival, the whole clan, young and old, all put on new clothes and gather on the floor of the stockade.Several young people brought a yellow ox with a big red flower on its head, and the longest one in the village, "then clan elders", began to pray for the harvest of the crops; the band played the "Eight Immortals" song, fired powder guns and set off firecrackers at the same time.Killing the cows and cutting the hearts of the cows, one for each household, means the unity of the whole clan.Afterwards, the "old clan" also led the crowd to offer sacrifices under the Bodhisattva tree, holding the piglet, the old chicken and the goose.After the ceremony, the whole family gathered together for a feast until dark.The next day, after each household held a family banquet, the women brought their daughters and sons back to their parents’ homes to give gifts; It is said that the singing and dancing activities of young men and women continued until the last day of the festival.
2.Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moon Night, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worship Festival, Moon Mother Festival, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival, etc., are traditional Chinese folk festivals.The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena, and evolved from the Qiu Xi festival in ancient times.Originally, the festival of "Sacrificial Moon Festival" was on the 24th solar term "Autumn Equinox" in the Ganzhi Calendar, and later it was adjusted to the 15th day of the eighth month of the Xia calendar (lunar calendar).Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, admiring the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, appreciating osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, etc., which have been passed down to this day and endure.
Origin of the August Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival is the relic of the ancient celestial phenomenon worship - the custom of respecting the moon.In the twenty-four solar terms "Autumn Equinox", it is the ancient "Sacrificial Moon Festival", and the Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Sacrificial Moon Festival".In traditional culture, the moon is the same as the sun, and these two alternate celestial bodies have become the objects of worship of the ancestors.The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the sacrifice of the moon by the ancients, and it is the relic and derivative of the custom of the Chinese nation to worship the moon.Sacrificing the moon is a very ancient custom in our country.
According to research, the "Sacrificial Moon Festival" was originally set on the 24th solar term "Autumn Equinox" in the Ganzhi Calendar.However, due to historical development, the calendar was later integrated and the lunar calendar (Xia calendar) was used, so the "Sacrificial Moon Festival" was set on the "Autumn Equinox" day, the twenty-fourth solar term of the Ganzhi Calendar.The "Moon Festival" was adjusted from the "Autumn Equinox", the twenty-fourth solar term of the Ganzhi calendar, to the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Xia calendar (lunar calendar).The Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival and customs elements it contains have ancient origins.
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty.The Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival and customs elements it contains have ancient origins.The Mid-Autumn Festival uses the full moon to signify the reunion of people, as a sustenance to miss the hometown, miss the love of relatives, pray for a good harvest and happiness, and become a colorful and precious cultural heritage.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival are known as the four traditional Chinese festivals.Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially the local Chinese and overseas Chinese.On May 20, 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council.Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday.
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