Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节), together with Spring Festival (春节), Qingming Festival (清明节) and Dragon-boat Festival (端午节) , is one of China’s four core traditional festivials. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th month in Chinese lunar calender each year. This year, it happens on Sep. 17 in solar calendar.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for reunion. On the day, people ususaly try best to get reunited with their families, appreciating the bright and round moon, enjoying mooncakes, sharing the romantic folk tales...
There are different fork tales about the festival. According to one of the most widely-spread folklores, the fariy Chang’e (嫦娥) flies to the moon on the day...
