What month is the August festival in 2021? Is it the Mid-Autumn Festival?
August Festival refers to the Mid-Autumn Festival or the traditional festival of the Gelao people, and the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month every year, which is September 2021 On the 21st; the August Festival of the Gelao people is between the fifteenth and twentieth of the eighth lunar month, that is, from September 21st to 26th.
What festival is August Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Festival, Moon Night, Autumn Festival, The Mid-Autumn Festival, the Moon Festival, the Moon Festival, the Moon Festival and the Reunion Festival 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.At first, 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.
August Festival
August Festival (August 15th to 20th), the most solemn traditional festival of the Gelao nationality, the Gelao nationality is an ancient nation in China.There are records in Tang and Song history books.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.
2021 August Festival holiday time
Mid-Autumn Festival
The festival time of the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month every year, which is the year 2021 of the Gregorian calendar September 21.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.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.
August Festival
August Festival is a traditional festival of the Gelao people.Also known as the "Welcome Valley Festival", it is held from the 15th to the 20th day of the eighth lunar month every year.That is, between September 21 and 26, 2021.The Gelao people attach great importance to this festival.At that time, men and women, young and old, put on new clothes and gather on the most spacious flat in the stockade.Several strong men designated by the clan elders led the big ox wearing red flowers into the field.At this time, the oldest person in the whole village "the clan elder" prayed to the sky.People played the "Eight Immortals" music, fired muskets, and set off firecrackers.Then, the ox is killed, and the heart of the ox is equally distributed to each household, and the heads of each household offer it to the ancestors’ spirits to show the unity of the whole clan.Then, under the leadership of the clan elders, everyone brought the slaughtered piglets, old chickens, and goose three animals under the Bodhisattva tree to worship their ancestors.After the ceremony, the whole family gathered for dinner and carnival until late at night.The next day, each household held a family feast.Families go to the fields to pick up some fresh grains, melons and fruits for family feasts.After finishing, the women took their children and sent some seasonal gifts to their family relatives to express their congratulations.The men visited each other, drinking and chatting.Young men and women still sing and dance for entertainment.After the festival, the autumn harvest begins.
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