What is the Mid-Autumn Festival also called? There are many nicknames for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

What is the Mid-Autumn Festival also called? The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, did you know? There are many nicknames for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Next, let’s take a look together.

What is the Mid-Autumn Festival also called?

Mid-Autumn Festival

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the year is divided into four seasons, and each season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji. Therefore, the ancient Chinese calendar calls August, which is in the middle of autumn, "Mid-Autumn", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Girls' Day

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the "Daughter's Day", but it is only popular in Nanjing. Because every Mid-Autumn Festival night, every family sets up an incense table in the courtyard facing the moonlight, and according to custom, most of the women in the family worship. Even a daughter-in-law who temporarily stays in her parents' home has to return to her husband's home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

August Festival

The Gelao people are an ancient ethnic group in China. The most important traditional festival of the Gelao people is the August Festival, also known as the "New Grain Festival", which is held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. The Gelao people attach great importance to this festival because it is a festival for the Gelao people to welcome the harvest.

Moon Worship Festival

The name of the Moon Worship Festival is related to a legend: According to legend, Wuyan, an ugly woman in ancient Qi State, used to worship the moon devoutly when she was young. When she grew up, she entered the palace with outstanding character, but was not favored. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of a certain year, the emperor saw her under the moonlight and thought she was exceptionally beautiful. He later made her queen, and thus the Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship originated. Chang'e in the moon is famous for her beauty, so young girls worship the moon, wishing to "look like Chang'e and have a face as bright as the moon."