Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 30th this year. Also known as Moon Festival, this holiday based on the lunar harvest is popularly celebrated by Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean people. Originally celebrating the end of the fall harvest, the Mid-Autumn Festival is now an important cultural event that involves customs such as eating mooncakes, lighting and Continue Reading
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12SepHappy Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival is traditionally celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which is in September. The festival is the second most important festival after the Spring Festival to the East Asians. Every year, when the festival comes people go home from every corner of the country and the world to meet Continue Reading
21SepHappy Mid-Autumn Festival!
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated thousands of years ago in China, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar, it is believed to signify the autumnal equinox when the moon is at its fullest and roundest. Families and friends celebrate this holiday by coming together to admire the moon, and eating traditional mooncakes and pomelos. Continue Reading
