The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節),also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival or Zhongqiu Festival, is a popular lunar harvest festivalcelebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese people.A description of the festival first appeared in Rites of Zhou, a written collection of rituals of the Western Zhou Dynasty from 3,000 years ago. The celebration became popular during the early Tang Dynasty. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar, close to the autumnal equinox.The Government of the People's Republic of China listed the festival as an "intangible cultural heritage" in 2006, and it was made a Chinese public holiday in 2008. It is also a Taiwanese public holiday.
When me and my brother were young, we always feel exciting about the
mid-autumn festival is upcoming.
The reason is we could own our lantern and play with candles; also, we
could eat mooncakes.
Traditional
Mooncakes, often
eaten during the festival
Snow
skin Mooncakes
Candles
Where can tourists go to enjoy the Mid-Autumn festival ?
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