Oct 06, 2025
Mid-Autumn Festival 2025
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 2025!
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About the Mid-Autumn Festival 2025
This annual blog celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival. Also known as the Tết Trung Thu, Chuseok, the Moon Festival, or Zhongqiu Jie, the public holiday is celebrated in many regions across Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, and South Korea. The holiday has been celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month since the 10th century B.C.E.
Historically, people came together under a moonlit sky to offer fruits and cakes on altars, expressing gratitude to the moon for bountiful harvests. While some customs have changed, the spirit of thanksgiving and community remains. Friends and families come together to decorate spaces with colorful lanterns, some of which float across bodies of water. A key tradition is eating mooncakes, sweet or savory treats shaped like the full moon with fillings like lotus seed paste, fruit, or salted egg yolk.
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