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The Mid-autumn festival is one of the two most important occasions in Chinese calendar (the other being the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year) and it is an official holiday.It is a time for families to be together,so people far from home will gaze longingly at the moon and think about their families.
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival,also known as Chinese Moon Festival,takes place at the 15th day of the eighth Chinese lunar month.The reason for celebrating the festival during that time is that it is the time when the moon is at its fullest and brightest.
The traditional food for mid-autumn festival is the moon cake which is round and symbolizes reunion.Celebration of Mid-autumn festival has a long history.In ancient times,the emperors had the tradition of worshiping the Sun in spring,and the Moon in autumn.
Almost every traditional Chinese festival has a connection with legends.The most well-known stories of the Mid-Autumn Festival is Chang'e flying to the moon,Jade Rabbit making heavenly medicine,and Wu Gang chopping the cherry bay.Those stories have been passed down from generations to generations alongside the celebrations of the festival itself.
