Is the Mid-Autumn Festival bank closed?

In 2023, the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day of the Bank will be closed for 8 days.

The Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in 2023 begins on September 29th and ends on June 6th. 10. 65438+1go to work on Saturday, October 7th, and 65438+1go to work on Sunday, October 8th. Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Birthday, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Moon Festival and Reunion Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, most of which have ancient origins.

As one of the important customs of folk festivals, offering sacrifices to the moon has gradually evolved into activities such as appreciating and praising the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness.

The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early Tang Dynasty, prevailed after the Song Dynasty, and was called the four traditional festivals in China together with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the moon in autumn night in ancient times. Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine.

According to Zhou Li, there have been activities in the Zhou Dynasty, such as "Mid-Autumn Night to Meet the Cold" and "Autumn Equinox Late Moon (Yue Bai)". The mid-August of the lunar calendar is also the time for the harvest of autumn grain. People hold a series of ceremonies and celebrations to thank the gods for their protection. This is the so-called "Autumn Newspaper". Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature is cool but not cold, the sky is crisp, and the moon is in the sky, which is the best season to enjoy the moon.

Later, the composition of the festival was gradually replaced by enjoying the moon, and the color of the sacrifice gradually faded, but the festival continued and was given new meaning. In the Northern Song Dynasty, August 15 was officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Mid-Autumn Festival was as famous as New Year's Day and became the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. After thousands of years of inheritance and changes, the spirit of "family reunion" has finally become the main cultural connotation of today's Mid-Autumn Festival.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival