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What is the Mooncake Festival about?
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by the Chinese and other peoples of east and southeast Asia. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. The festival dates back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season with this festival. Traditionally, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomelos together.
Is the moon festival the same thing as the lantern festival?
No. Moon festival, or Mid-autumn Festival, centers on family reunion and celebration of good harvests, and is on August 15 by lunar calendar, while lantern festival is observed on January 15 by lunar calendar, celebrating, perhaps, the beginning of a new year.
What is 'August Moon Festival' in Chinese?
Zhongqiujie is a Mandarin Chinese equivalent of 'August [or Mid-Autumn] Festival'.
What is the theme of Chinese moon festival?
reunion of family members
How did the Olympic Games come about or originate?
The began at Olympia in Elis in southern Greece as a religious festival for Zeus in 776 BCE.
What is zhong qiu jie?
Zhong Qiu Jie, otherwise known as The Midautumn Festival, is one of China's largest and most popularly celebrated events in the lunar calendar.
Where sound energy originate?
It originate in moon and outer space and planets
Why does the date for the moon festival always changes?
The Moon is the cause of the festival, not it's employee . The Moon follows it's own path .
What does the moon festival mean to Chinese people?
The Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th lunar month. It's also known as the Mid-autumn Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.The Moon Festival is full of legendary stories. Legend says that Chang Er flew to the moon, where she has lived ever since. You might see her dancing on the moon during the Moon Festival. The Moon Festival is also an occasion for family reunions. When the full moon rises, families get together to watch the full moon, eat moon cakes, and sing moon poems. With the full moon, the legend, the family and the poems, you can't help thinking that this is really a perfect world. That is why the Chinese are so fond of the Moon Festival.
When did the moon festival start?
the Chinese people started to celebrate the moon festival at the 1898. they decide that it would be fun and bring the luck to the moon. for my luck, my record is to make paper cranes
Name of festival which is started on New moon and ends with full moon?
St. Marcos Day Festival.
What holiday has to do with the sun and the moon coming out?
the moon festival
What does the food in the moon festival represent?
Food in the moon festival, represents rebellion for most people. It also represents a decent portion of Chinese history. Mooncakes were known for their role in the moon festival.
Which country does the lantern festival originate?
The lantern festival origionates from China
Why did the Olympic Games originate?
As a festival in honour of the god Zeus.
Is the moon festival in china in WINTER?
Hands down, no. The Chinese Moon Festival is in Spring.
What food is eaten especially on the moon festival?
On the evening of the moon festival or while it is being celebrated Chinese people eat moon cakes.
