Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival！

Sept 19th is the mid autumn festival in China and some other countries in eastern Asia this year. The time when is the mid autumn festival every year is determined by the lunar calendar, a calendar which is widely used in eastern Asia. Mid autumn festival is Aug 15th in lunar calendar each year. Chinese people believe it is the day when the lunar looks biggest, brightest and fullest in a year. The full moon symbolize family reunion in Chinese tradition, so we also call it the Festival of Reunion. In addition, because of the moon cake is the representative's food of the mid autumn festival, we call it the Moon cake Festival as well. It is so interesting that a festival has many names.Mid autumn festival is the second important festival in China, after the spring festival. It is  a public holiday too.

Mid autumn festival is similar to the time of harvest every year. For farmers, it is the festival to celebrate or pray for a good harvest. They will worship the god of the land. The god of the land is a kind old man who is believed to be in charge of harvest. May be nowadays, there is fewer and fewer farmer worship him in the mid autumn festival, because many farmer change their belief to agricultural science. But it is still a custom.

Enjoying the glorious full moon is another custom, it is different to the worshiping that most of people keep this custom every year. Full moon is really beautiful, and it is definitely so enjoyable when people admire the full moon with the cool wind at night. That is why people did not change this custom. Even with the help of modern technology, people create some new activities when they enjoy the full moon, now they like to take photos to the moon, have fun under the moon and record the happy hours by video. Some famous website will collect the photos of the moon in different cities which people post to the social network, and use them to make a photo wall. That is amazing.

What is the best thing we enjoy at the mid autumn festival? That is really really obvious. Of course, is the moon cake! Moon cake is the most famous Chinese traditional dessert all over the world. It is cute and look like the moon. It is sweet smelling and also sweet tasting. And there are so many kinds of moon cakes that is impossible to figure out the exact number. Some most famous kinds are red bean paste moon cake, lotus seed paste moon cake, and meet moon cake. They are all delicious. And do you know? We have ice-cream moon cake as well! Is it unbelievable? But it is true. The ice-cream moon cake was created six or seven years ago, and has become more and more popular these years. Please try some moon cake.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and wish everyone have a good time!