August 8 is the Peach Festival of the Chinese and Western Queen Mother in myth. Because the flat peach ripened in August in ancient mythology, this festival was created to invite many immortals to taste it. Later, this festival gradually evolved into an ancient autumn harvest festival, and it was also a festival to worship the Queen Mother of the West. However, China has had Mid-Autumn Festival since ancient times. Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion and reunion. Because August 8 and August 15 are very close, August 8 was slowly placed on August 1 1 day. Over time, the significance of timely autumn harvest on August 8 gradually faded. Finally, in the Song Dynasty, there was no holiday on August 8th.
In ancient times, people thought that one to nine was a cycle, and every month had a meaning, so every month formed a specific festival, such as the Spring Festival on the first day of the first month, the Dragon Head Rise on February 2, the Shangsi Festival on March 3, the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5, the Sunday on June 6, the Qixi Festival on July 7 and the Double Ninth Festival on September 9. However, April 4th and August 8th have been slowly forgotten. The reason why these festivals like to use overlapping words is actually because of the special records of numbers in ancient times. At that time, Oracle Bone Inscriptions was already a mature writing system for counting.
At present, although April 4th and August 8th have gradually declined and their meanings have been preserved, they exist in another form. In fact, this is also a manifestation of social progress, not limited to mud, but flexible use and display.