The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival. It originated from the worship of celestial phenomena, and evolved from the Qiu Xi festival in ancient times. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has folk customs such as worship and enjoy the bright full moon, eating moon cakes, watching festival lanterns, appreciating osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, etc., which have been passed down to this day. Influenced by Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially the local Chinese and overseas Chinese. 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.
