中秋节源自新罗考

An investigation on the argument of that Middle Autumn Festival is originated from Xin Luo

开成四年(839),日本高僧圆仁在文登县清宁乡赤山村法花院见到寺中新罗僧人过八月十五节,遂在当天的行记中写道:"斯节诸国未有,唯新罗国独有此节。"检索中国文献,宗懔《荆楚岁时记》中没有中秋一节。清人王谟说这不是宗懔缺记,也不是荆楚一带没有此节,而是唐代以前就没有这个节日。在唐代文献中,中唐,特别是入晚唐以后,士大夫中出现中秋赏月之事。但在唐代,中秋尚无节日性质。中国传统的中秋节是唐朝士大夫的赏月活动与新罗侨民的节庆活动相互影响,融合而成。

4th year of Kaicheng (AD839),Japanese eminent monk Yuanren saw Xinluo monks celebrating Middle Autumn Festival in Fahua temple of Chishan village in Qingning township,Wendeng County,he recorded it in his travel notes:'there is no such festival in other countries except Xinluo' The Qing Dynasty scholar Wang Mo thought that the above view is neither for the failure of historical records,nor for no such festival in Jing Chu area,but for such festival did not exist before Tang DynastyFrom the literature of Tang Dynasty we can see,some scholar officials began to enjoy the full moon in middle period,especially late period of Tang DynastyBut middle autumn was not a festival in Tang DynastyChinese traditional Middle Autumn Festival is formed from the mutual influence and integration of scholar officials' activities of enjoying moon in Tang Dynasty and festival activities of Xinluo immigrants