Why is Mid-Autumn Festival called Mid-Autumn Festival?

"July 30th" was originally an ancient folk festival to worship ancestors, but it was called "Zhongyuan Festival" and originated from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Buddhism calls July and a half the "San Li Festival".

In a certain sense, the ancestor worship festival in July and a half belongs to folk customs, the Mid-Autumn Festival belongs to Taoism, and the Sanli Festival belongs to Buddhism. Sacrificing ancestors on July 14th and 15th is a traditional cultural festival popular in countries with Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese areas. On this day, through pious sacrificial activities, the feelings of cautious pursuit of the future were expressed.

New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Hanyi Festival are traditional festivals for Chinese people to worship their ancestors. 20 10 in may, the "mid-autumn festival" declared by the Ministry of culture in the hong kong special administrative region was selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list.

In the Book of Changes, "seven" is a constantly changing number and a resurrected number. I ching: "repeat the same thing and come back in seven days, and the sky will be fine." The seventh is yang number and days. After the extinction of the sun between heaven and earth, it can be revived after seven days. This is the way of heaven and earth running, and it is also the principle of yin-yang cycle. People choose to worship their ancestors on July 14th (Erqi), which is related to the times of resurrection. The Mid-Yuan Festival in Taoism and the Sanli Festival in Buddhism are scheduled for July 15.

Local customs:

Shaanxi: Lintong County burned paper to commemorate Magu on July 15. In Chenggu County, farmers will drink alcohol during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is called "hanging hoes". The farmers who were delayed went to the fields on the morning of Mid-Autumn Festival, picked the highest and densest ear of rice, hung a five-color paper flag and named it "Tian Fang".

Jiangsu: Residents in Wuxian County fold gold ingots with tin foil during the Mid-Autumn Festival and then burn them along the road, which is called "ghost fate". There is still a kind of paper ghost circulating in Yizheng county, which contains bowl lamps, gamblers, drunkards and senior officials. There are four boats in the Zhongyuan Festival River in Yixing County, one is a fire-breathing mouth, the other is a woman chanting Buddha, the other is a tinfoil ingot burning, and the other is a river lantern. Villagers in Rudong County eat flat food on this day, which is a dustpan-shaped food made of flour and sugar.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhongyuan Festival.