The 15th day of the 8th month on the Lunar Calendar is Mid- Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie) celebrated in China and throughout Asia. On the Western calendar that is Wednesday September 22, 2010.
Other harvest festivals in Asia: Korea three-day Chuseok festival; in Vietnam Tet Trung Thu, and in Japan Tsukimi festival. This is a time to celebrate and admire the huge Harvest Moon.
One way to celebrate is to share dinner with your family and enjoy mooncakes.
Celebrating outside with beautiful lanterns is also part of some traditions.
Here is a story about Mid-Autumn Festival in Malaysia http://allmalaysia.info/msiaknow/festivals/midautumn/
and another from School of the Seasons http://www.schooloftheseasons.com/midaut.html
I think I might attempt a simple mooncake recipe.
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