Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional East Asian festival celebrated by China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and many other East and... Wikipedia

• Official name:  中秋節 / 中秋节
• Also called:  Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival
• Observed by:  Mainland China, Hong Kong, North Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea
• Type:  Cultural, Religious
• Significance:  Celebrates the end of the autumn harvest
• Celebrations:  Lantern lighting, mooncake making and sharing, courtship and matchmaking, fireworks, family gathering, dragon dances, family meal, visiting friends and relatives, gift giving
• Observances:  Consumption of mooncakes, Consumption of cassia wine
• Date:  15th day of the eighth Chinese calendar month
• date:  15th day of the eighth Chinese calendar month
• Frequency:  Annual
• Related to:  Chuseok (Korea), Tsukimi (Japan), Uposatha of Ashvini/Krittika (similar festivals that generally occur on the same day in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand) Tết Trung Thu (Vietnam), Perayaan Pertengahan Musim Luruh / Perayaan Kuih Bulan (Indonesia, Malaysia)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo