The Mid Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, the Moon Festival, the Moon Festival, the autumn festival, the Mid Autumn Festival, the moon worship Festival, the moon mother's day, the Moon Festival, and the reunion festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival.

The Mid Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the autumn festival in ancient times. Since ancient times, the Mid Autumn Festival has many folk customs, such as sacrificing the moon, appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, appreciating osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine, and so on

The Mid Autumn Festival originated in the ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, finalized in the early Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty.

The Mid Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs. Most of the festival customs have ancient origins.

The Mid Autumn Festival symbolizes the reunion of people with the round of the moon. In order to express the yearning for hometown and relatives, and pray for a bumper harvest and happiness, it has become a rich, colorful and precious cultural heritage.

At first, the festival was held on the autumn equinox of the 24 solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar. Later, it was adjusted to August 15 of the summer calendar.

The Mid Autumn Festival, together with the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, is called the four traditional festivals in China. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese and overseas Chinese.

On May 20, 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Since 2008, the Mid Autumn Festival has been listed as a national legal holiday.