Why Do People Celebrate the Moon Festival (aka Mid-Autumn Festival)?

It's almost the Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's one of the biggest holidays in China and the surrounding countries.
But do you know why people celebrate this day? And where did it get its name from?
In today’s video, let’s dig deep into the history and origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Music: Tony Chen
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A Reverie in the Moon Palace
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If you don’t know this, the way she is dressed and how her hair is styled looks similar to the Chinese moon goddess: Chang’e.

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O am.watching this whilst in China on the actual festival day. Thankyou for explaining it so.well.

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I have been celebrating Moon Day since I was a little girl. As a child, my mother would take us to Fong;s Bakery to get the boxes of mooncakes to prepare our visitation days to our relatives. We would deliver and have tea with them. We would honor our elders.

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I love mooncakes! It was great to learn this history and how the 天子 took their name and looked inside themselves for answers! Thank you for sharing!

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This is how many girls with style their hair in China’s history 😊

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Beautiful way of presenting. The explanation "seems" informative for those wanting to learn about moon festival.

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Happy mid Autumn to you and your family!

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beautiful explanation and am looking forward to being in China next year for the autumn festival

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The moon festival is very fun I celebrated

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eating moon cakes with fruit with family at night together with shared different flavored moon cakes and food

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I have seen moon when it dark and I love mooncake festival I really really really really love it.

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It's to see China is reviving some of the older traditions and emphasising their importance. Excellent videos but can't remember all the facts.

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moon cake is my favourite food

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Qing dynasty is not Chinese..but Manchu.

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Qing was nomadic and their invasion of China where they are not the representation of the Han chinese who they have oppressed the chinese during their reign especially the Hanfu where they have banned them for wearing the costume...Revive Hanfu ....

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Love your hair!💜💙 And your outfit. Lovely. Do you do them yourself, have a tailor or you buy them?

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Thank you! I do my own hair and makeup. The hanfu outfits are mostly bought from store on Taobao, with a few exceptions. This skirt I wore for example is custom made by a tailor in China. And the outer layer skirt is actually from H&M ;)

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Oh I just noticed that you’re dressed up as Chang e right?

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That is the only time you can get mooncakes, right?

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Who's Chang e is?

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Funny I have never heard of the "Moon Festival". Is that what foreigners call it? I was born in China and it's always called 中秋節 or Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Same, I have always heard Mid-Autumn Festival only

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I celebrate that lol

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No wonder my acesters want us to be born on thec15th..

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Zhōngqiū kuàile! 中秋快乐!!! Happy Mid Autumn Festival Wish you all a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Wish you and your companions happiness and peace Happy mooncake festival !!!!!!!!! 🥮🥮🥮🥮🥮🥮🥮🥮🥮🌝🏮📿🎑🐇🐰🌕🕯🔔🇨🇳🇯🇵🇭🇰🇲🇴🇹🇼🇰🇷🇻🇳🇰🇵♥️👍

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