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CTOnews.com August 22 news, August is coming to an end, from the solar terms, many places have entered the autumn, September Mid-Autumn Festival holiday also began to enter the countdown.

According to the China Government website, the State Council has previously issued a notice on the arrangement of some holidays in 2022. This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be held from September 10 to 12, with a total of three days off. It is worth noting that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is not off. September 10 also coincides with Teachers' Day and World suicide Prevention Day.

CTOnews.com learned that, in addition, according to the "implementation plan for exempting minibus tolls on major holidays," the free passage time of toll roads is four national statutory holidays, including Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, International Labour Day and National Day, as well as the above-mentioned statutory holidays determined by the documents of the General Office of the State Council that year. New Year's Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival all belong to the scope of highway tolls.

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According to Baidu encyclopedia, the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as sacrificial Moon Festival, Moon Birthday, Moon Eve, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon worship Festival, Moon Niang Festival, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival and so on, is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from celestial worship and evolved from offering sacrifices to the moon on the autumn night in ancient times. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had folk customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, enjoying sweet-scented osmanthus and drinking sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, stereotyped in the early Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a synthesis of autumn seasonal customs, and most of the festival and custom factors it contains have ancient origins. The Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes the reunion of people with the fullness of the moon. It is a rich, colorful and precious cultural heritage for longing for hometown and relatives, and praying for a bumper harvest and happiness.

At first, the "festival of offering sacrifices to the moon" was held on the day of "the Autumn Equinox" in the 24 solar terms of the Gan Zhi calendar, and then it was transferred to the 15th day of the lunar calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, is called the four traditional festivals in China. Under the influence of Chinese culture, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for Chinese and overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia. On May 20, 2006, the State Council included it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Since 2008, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday.

The following is the notice of the General Office of the State Council on the arrangement of some holidays in 2022:

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