Mid Autumn Festival
August the 15th according to the lunar calendar is the traditional Mid Autumn Festival in China. The festival is the second most important festival to the Spring Festival to Chinese people. Every year, when the festival comes people go home from every corner of the world to meet their family and have dinner with them.
Why is the Mid Autumn Festival so important? Because it is related to the moon and Chinese people like the Moon very much. In Chinese culture, the full moon is a symbol of peace and prosperity of the whole family. On Chinese lunar August 15th the moon looks full round so people think this day is very propitious.
Celebrations for the Mid Autumn Festival
Mid Autumn Festival has a history of 2000 years. During the 2000 years lots of Mid Autumn celebrations were thought out by smart Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people.
The main celebrations during Mid Autumn Festival are appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes together and Making Chinese Mid-Autumn Lanterns. All the three celebrations are being passed from generation to generation. All the three celebrations are being passed generation to generation. Chinese people may not think the Mid Autumn Festival is coming if they don’t do the three things. Details of main Mid Autumn Festival celebrations
In some places of China people may celebrate the festival in different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taros to celebrate the festival because the taros are in harvesting season when the festival comes. They eat taros and hope the harvest continues in next year. In Nanjing, people cooked the duck with sweet-scented osmanthus because Nanjing people think the sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of peace. In some places people burn something inside a tower to celebrate the festival because they think the fire is a symbol of good business.
Mid Autumn Festival Story: Want to know how the ancient Chinese people say about the Festival? Read the legend of Chang'e and Hou Yi, Wu Gang and the Cherry Bay, and The Jade Rabbit.
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