Updating our blog regarding the legend and celebration of Mid-Autumn day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival
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By clicking the link above, you will be able to find more information about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
It also known as a Mooncake Festival and it is held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
The legend of mid-autumn: It says that Chang Er flew to the moon after she drank the fluids that made her became lighter, where she lived ever since and might see her dancing on the moon during the mooncake festival.
Celebration: This festival is also an occasion for family reunion. Traditionally, the celebrating will be held on outdoors under the moonlight, people eat moon cakes and pomeloes and gaze at the moon. Barbecues are also common in this modern time. Carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers and floating sky lanterns.
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