What is the meaning of the Harvest Festival as follows:
The origin and significance of the Harvest Festival: The origin of the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival can be traced back to 2018. In order to further highlight the important status of farmers, inherit and carry forward the Chinese farming civilization and excellent cultural traditions, but also to enhance the farmers' sense of honor, happiness and sense of acquisition, and to protect the rights and interests of farmers in the poverty alleviation and rural revitalization strategies.
The Harvest Festival is a traditional festival to celebrate the harvest, which is celebrated all over the world, but may differ in specific time, form and content. In China, the Harvest Festival is usually celebrated on the tenth day of the tenth month or the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and is also celebrated on the Autumn Equinox.
The Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival was established in 2018, with the festival taking place on the Autumn Equinox every year, with the aim of mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of hundreds of millions of farmers, and enhancing the sense of honor, happiness and gain of hundreds of millions of farmers. The Harvest Festival is not only a tribute to and inheritance of the traditional twenty-four seasons, a crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, but at the same time is more reflective of the performance of the contemporary Chinese people who know the natural alternation, comply with the laws of nature and adapt to the concept of sustainable development.
Celebrations of the Harvest Festival
Sacrifice to Shennong: Shennong is the originator of agriculture in China, and people will sacrifice to him on the day of the Harvest Festival to express their respect for agriculture and gratitude to Shennong.
Celebrating the Harvest: People will celebrate the harvest in various ways, such as holding harvest festivals, parades, dances, singing, etc., to express their joy of the harvest and their gratitude to nature.
Gratitude to Nature: The celebration of the Harvest Festival is not only a celebration of agriculture, but also a thanksgiving to nature. People will express their gratitude to nature in various ways, such as holding thanksgiving ceremonies and planting trees.
Gourmet Festival: Harvest Festival celebrations usually feature a variety of food stalls showcasing local specialty agricultural products and culinary culture, allowing people to taste fresh produce and feel the joy of the harvest.
Determination of Harvest Festival
On June 21, 2018, the State Council Information Office held a conference on the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival". At the conference, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Changfu said, recently approved by the CPC Central Committee and approved by the State Council, from 2018 onwards, the annual autumn equinox will be set up as the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival". This is the first festival at the national level dedicated to farmers, is a historically significant event, is a good thing that implies people's feelings.