Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival: Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the worship of the autumn moon in ancient times. Offering sacrifices to the moon has a long history, and it is a kind of ritual activity of ancient people in some places in ancient China. The autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms is an ancient "Moon Festival". Mid-Autumn Festival was very popular in Han Dynasty. The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was first recorded in documents of the Han Dynasty and written in Zhou Li between the Han Dynasty (handed down from generation to generation in Zhou Gongdan, actually written between the Han Dynasty).

Mid-Autumn Festival became an officially recognized national festival, about in the Tang Dynasty. The Book of Emperor Taizong recorded the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. The custom of enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Many poets wrote poems about the moon in their masterpieces.

The Mid-Autumn Festival combines fairy tales such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang's felling of laurel, Jade Rabbit's smashing medicine, Yang Guifei's changing to the moon god, and Tang Dynasty's visit to the moon palace, making it full of romance, and the wind of playing the moon can only flourish. The Tang Dynasty is an important period when traditional festival customs are mixed and shaped, and its main part has been passed down to this day.

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Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a legal holiday in Chinese mainland. If the day falls on Saturday and Sunday, give a day off next Monday.

In Taiwan Province Province, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a one-day holiday. If it overlaps with Saturday and Sunday, it won't be replenished. However, if there is only one working day from the weekend, the working day will be changed to a holiday, and Saturday will be chosen to make up lessons.

Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival public holiday is scheduled for August 16th of the lunar calendar (the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival). If it is sunset on a week, take a day off on Monday; If it happens on Saturday, there is no compensatory time off.

South Korea lists the Mid-Autumn Festival as a legal holiday, with a three-day holiday.

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