Sunday, September 23, 2007

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节快乐

Some facts on Mid-Autumn Festival, pronounced as zhong qui jie.

  • Also known as Lantern Festival, Mooncake Festival
  • It's a celebration of abundance (usually linked to harvest) and togetherness dating back 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty
  • Falls on 15th day of the eight lunar month of the Chinese calendar, where the moon is usually at its brightest
  • Food link to this festival - mooncake and pomeloes
There are also some Chinese mythical stories linked to this festival, the most famous one involving Chang Er, the "woman on the moon". Many versions of this story exist, the most popular one involving an archer Hou Yi.

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