Is the Mid-Autumn Festival a cultural heritage of China? Is the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 a good day?

Is the Mid-Autumn Festival a cultural heritage of China? Is the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 a good day?
Introduction: It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival again. Is the Mid-Autumn Festival a cultural heritage of China? Is the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 good? According to the Chinese lunar calendar, August is the second month of autumn, which was called Mid-Autumn in ancient times. Do you want to know more about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the days in the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 2020? Let’s go to Mr. Shui Mo’s website to learn more.

Is Mid-Autumn Festival a cultural heritage of China?

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's cultural heritages. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, was popular in the Song Dynasty, and has a very long history in our country. On May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, became popular in the Han Dynasty, took shape in the early Tang Dynasty, and became popular after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a combination of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival elements it contains have ancient origins.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, with the roundness of the moon symbolizing family reunion, is a way to express longing for hometown and loved ones, and to pray for a good harvest and happiness. It has become a rich and precious cultural heritage.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is known as one of China's four major traditional festivals, along with the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Dragon Boat Festival.
Influenced by Chinese culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival in some countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia, especially for local Chinese and overseas Chinese.
On May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday.

How is the day after Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020?

Lunar calendar: August 16, 2020 Gregorian calendar: October 2, 2020, Friday, Libra [Today's old almanac is suitable] Pray for blessings, get married, build a stove, break ground, start drilling, repair graves, bury, resolve medical treatment, lawsuits, accept marriage, build wells, plant, build houses, erect beams and pillars, worship and capture [Today's old almanac is unsuitable] Return to the parents' home, travel, build beds, open the market, establish bonds, receive wealth, ship goods, move into the house, separate, open warehouses
Since the number of [taboos in the old almanac today] exceeds 10, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 is not an auspicious day! Mid-Autumn Festival customs: lighting lanterns
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a custom of lighting lanterns to help the moonlight. Nowadays, people in the Huguang area still have the custom of stacking tiles into a tower and lighting lanterns on the tower. In the Jiangnan area, there is a festival custom of making lantern boats.
In modern times, the custom of lighting lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival has become more popular. Zhou Yunjin and He Xiangfei, both modern scholars, wrote in their article “Random Thoughts on Seasonal Events”: “The lantern festival in Guangdong is the most popular, and families make lanterns out of bamboo strips ten days before the festival.
Make shapes of fruits, birds, animals, fish, insects, and words like "Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival", then paste colored paper on them and paint them in various colors. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, candles are lit in lanterns tied with ropes to bamboo poles and erected high on the eaves or terraces. Small lanterns are also used to form words or various shapes and hung high up in the house, commonly known as "Tree Mid-Autumn Festival" or "Vertical Mid-Autumn Festival".
The lanterns hung by wealthy families could be several meters high, and the family members would gather under the lanterns to drink and have fun. Ordinary people would put up a flagpole and two lanterns, also to have fun. The city is full of lights, like a world of glass. The scale of the Mid-Autumn Festival lantern-lighting custom seems to be second only to the Lantern Festival.

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