Mooncake Festival 2024
September 17, 2024 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival or Moon Festival, one of China's biggest holidays. The festival is a joyous celebration with family reunions, mooncakes, parades, and lanterns. This holiday is also observed in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
On the day of the Mooncake Festival, families often enjoy meals together and make festival lanterns. It is common to burn incense and watch performances of dragon and lion dances.
Making and sharing mooncakes is one of the hallmark traditions of this festival, as the round shape of the mooncakes symbolize completeness and reunion in Chinese culture. Enjoying mooncakes among family members during the week of the festival signifies the completeness and unity of families, and they are often given to loved ones as gifts.
Celebrate the Mooncake Festival this week: