The Mid-Autumn Festival or more commonly known as the moon festival, is an annual ritual observed by many East and Southeast Asian nations. It is a celebration of the new year, which falls in mid-autumn and is associated with the legend of the moon and the sky. In many cultures, this date has great significance, not only for the holiday itself but also for the people who celebrate it.

Many people believe that the moon represents the cycles of life and fortune, and is closely associated with the conception of human beings and their lives. In ancient times, the New Year celebration was linked closely with the Chinese lunar calendar and the new moon phase was seen as a time of peace and prosperity for the people of the east.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is now one of the world's most popular holidays, seen throughout Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. Historically, the moon festival was held annually on the day after the new moon, or the New Year, to honor the goddess fertility and good fortune. As new horizons were discovered and explored by civilizations around the world, the festivals gradually became more diverse, beginning to form a rich history of their own.

These days, the moon festival, which is held in many different countries and cultures around the world, is one of the most popular events internationally. In many parts of the country, the mid-autumn festival is commemorated with parades, cultural displays, and lanterns. In the past, the government of China has tried to limit the influence of the moon festival by making it an important national holiday, but this policy was overturned with the implementation of a new lunar calendar in the 1930s.

The Chinese lunar calendar determines the lunar phases and affects all agricultural, harvesting, fishing, manufacturing, and trade activities. The new calendar introduced by communist China was based on the calendar cycle of the old moon, and so the mid-autumn festival began on the New Year's Day and lasted for two weeks.

During this time, people would celebrate the return of the grains to harvest as well as the start of another planting season. During the late autumn and early winter, the moon festival celebrates the return of animals to their seasonal habitat.