We Share the Same Moon!

“May we all be blessed with longevity Though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.” A beautiful line wrote by a ancient Chinese poet on the Mid-autumn day in Song Dynasty to express his thinking of his family.

We are going to have the Mid-autumn festival holidays from 22-24th, September, 2018. It is a family reunion festival in Chinese culture.

As a Chinese traditional festival with a very long history, Mid-autumn festival is like the Spring festival with rich and strong Chinese culture Connotations. It is also celebrated by some other East Asia and Southeast Asia countries, and some overseas Chinese all over the world. It is celebrated on the 15^th of August in Lunar calendar, full moon day of Lunar August.

On the Mid Autumn day, there is custom of admiring the full moon, watching the tide, lighting up the Lantern, guessing a riddle, eating moon cake and Pomelo, admiring sweet Osmanthus, etc. The main meaning of this festival is family reunion and missing of family and friends. Moon is round, moon cake is round, Pomelo is round, which are all meaning full and reunion in Chinese culture. And also, it is wishing for abundant harvest.