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The content of the Mid-Autumn Festival handwritten newspaper is as follows:

1. Mid-Autumn Festival

The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in my country. , is also the second largest traditional festival in my country after the Spring Festival. August 15th is right in the middle of autumn, so it is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The ancient Chinese calendar called August in the middle of autumn "Zhongqiu", so the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Zhongqiu Festival".

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is bright and clear. The ancients regarded the full moon as a symbol of reunion. Therefore, August 15th is also called the "Reunion Festival". Throughout the ages, people have often used the terms "full moon" and "waning moon" to describe "joys and sorrows", and wanderers living in foreign lands use the moon to express their deep feelings.

Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Looking up at the bright moon, looking down at my hometown", Du Fu's "The dew is white tonight, the moon is bright in my hometown", and Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty's "The spring breeze is green again on the south bank of the river, when will the bright moon come out"? Poems such as "I will return the favor" are all eternal masterpieces.

2. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient autumn activities of worshiping the earth god.

In traditional farming societies, spring sowing, summer harvest, autumn harvest, and winter storage are the main labor activities. The harvest conditions of the land are crucial to the people who make a living from it. Therefore, people still have a deep respect for the land. Every time when sowing in spring, people will offer sacrifices to the land god and pray to the land god for a good harvest. This activity is called "spring prayer."

In autumn, which is the harvest season, we also have to offer sacrifices to the God of the Land and thank the God for his protection, which is called "Autumn Report". August 15th is the autumn harvest season, and every family must worship the land god. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival may be a custom inherited from the ancients' "Autumn Report".

3. The Mid-Autumn Festival is related to the ancient custom of worshiping the moon

The spring equinox celebrates the sun, and the autumnal equinox celebrates the moon. Since ancient times, the autumnal equinox has been a traditional "moon worship festival." According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, ancient emperors had the custom of worshiping the sun at the spring equinox, the earth at the summer solstice, the moon at the autumnal equinox, and the sky at the winter solstice. The current Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the traditional Moon Festival.

There are accurate historical data that show that the original "Moon Sacrifice Festival" was set on the day of the "Autumnal Equinox". However, since the date of this day in the eighth month of the lunar calendar varies every year, there may not always be a full moon. But worshiping the moon without the moon is a great disgrace to the scenery. Therefore, later the "Moon Sacrifice Festival" was adjusted to August 15th every year, and this became the Mid-Autumn Festival.