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What is Mid Autumn Festival
To the Chinese, Mid-Autumn Festival means family reunion and peace. The festival is celebrated when the moon is believed to be the biggest and fullest. To the Chinese, a full moon is a symbol of prosperity, happiness, and family reunion.
Mid-Autumn Festival Facts
Name in Chinese: 中秋节 Zhongqiujie /jong-chyoh-jyeah/
Importance: the second most important (traditional) Chinese Festival after Chinese New Year
Date: September or October
Popular food: mooncakes
Celebrations: admiring the full moon, eating mooncakes
Origin: A harvest festival with origins in moon worship.
History: Over 3,000 years
Greetings: The simplest is "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" (中秋快乐).
How the Chinese Celebrate Mid-Autumn
Many traditional and meaningful celebrations are held in most households in China, and China's neighboring countries. The main traditions and celebrations include eating mooncakes, having dinner with family, gazing at and worshipping the moon, and lighting lanterns
Why Mid-Autumn Festival is Celebrated and
How it Started
Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of over 3,000 years, dating back to moon worship in the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC). It’s such an important festival that many poems were written about it, stories and legends about the festival are widespread, and its origins have been guessed at and explained by generations of Chinese.
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