Tuesday 21 September 2010

... mid-autumn festival...


the mid-autumn festival (中秋節), also known as the mooncake festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by chinese...

the mid-autumn festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month in the chinese calendar, which is usually around late september or early october in the gregorian calendar...
it is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest...
the traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties...



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