The Mid-autumn Day
"Zhong Qiu Jie", which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lu nar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck.This day was also considered a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables and grain had been harvested by this time and food was abundant.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festivity for both the Han and minority nationalities.On that day we usually eat a big dinner and moon cakes. It is said "Hou Yi" missed his wife, so he made moon cakes. It looks like the moon.
Te moon considered miss. Many people who live far away from hometown want to back to have a family reunion. It is said “the moon in you hometown is always the brightest and roundest”.
