Mid-Autumn Festival

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Description:: Celebrated in China and other east Asian countries, the Mid-Autumn Festival, is the second grandest festival in China after the Chinese New Year. Associated with the harvest and moon worship, it is celebrated at the time of year the moon is believed to be at its fullest and brightest.
Date:: Saturday, 3 October 2020
Time: 1:00PM — 4:00PM
Location:: Online
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Celebrated in China and other east Asian countries, the Mid-Autumn Festival, is the second grandest festival in China after the Chinese New Year. The day is also known as the Moon Festival, the Harvest Moon Festival and the Mooncake Festival. Associated with the harvest and moon worship, it is celebrated at the time of year the moon is believed to be at its fullest and brightest.

Traditionally, the festival falls on the 15^th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which in 2020 falls on October the first.

The Mid-Autumn festival began over 3000 years ago, whereby Ancient Chinese emperors in the Shang Dynasty worshiped the moon in Autumn to thank it for the harvest. After that, people began to observe the Moon Festival in celebration of their hard work and harvest. Nowadays, people mainly commemorate the Moon Festival as a time for family reunions. People have long believed that worshiping the moon and eating together around a round table will bring them good luck and happiness.