Tomorrow (September 12) is the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival! It's on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Chinese calendar. I don't know how they convert that into our calendar though...I just searched the date up online. :P But actually, this festival is also celebrated by Taiwanese and Vietnamese people, so it's not exactly the "Chinese" Mid-Autumn Festival.
Anyway, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known the Moon Festival or 中秋节. On this day, the moon looks the biggest/roundest. :) I don't really know exactly why it's celebrated...but at least we get to eat mooncakes! If you've never tried mooncakes and are not allergic to nuts and seeds and other stuff, you haaave to try it! They sell it at local Chinese supermarkets, but are kind of expensive since they're once-in-a-year type of things, so just buy one to try first. But they're absolutely amazing. :))) If you're brave enough, you can search up a recipe on Youtube; I heard they're really hard to make though. D:
Nowadays, they've come up with so many kinds of mooncakes; the most traditional ones are the lotus paste mooncakes, but there's also red bean, green been, coconut, dates, sesame, nuts, and even ice cream mooncakes! Haagen-Dazs in Hong Kong (and other places in China probably) sell ice cream mooncakes. :)
Apart from eating mooncakes, the tradition is to also light lanterns and watch dragon dances. I remember w
hen I was really little, my aunt (or grandma, I forgot) gave me a Hello Kitty lantern for Mid-Autumn Festival. <333Anyway, happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
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