MIDAUTUMN FESTIVALS FRUITS FULL

Moon worship was also part of the festival, as the festival day according to the lunar calendar coincided with the full moon night of the season. During this period, the term ‘mid-autumn’ was coined and largely began to be used to denote the harvest festival. The celebration gradually shaped up into a festival around 900 BC. The Chinese historically celebrated the harvest season since 1600 BC. It is an occasion for gathering and thanksgiving and celebration.

Mid-autumn festival is a period during which everyone goes back to families and celebrates the season with other family members. It is observed by ethnic Chinese everywhere in the world, and also by the Vietnamese. Mid-autumn festival is China’s harvest festival. In Mandarin, it is called Zhōngqiū Jié, whereas, in Cantonese, it is pronounced Jūng-chāu Jit, both meaning the same thing. Often dubbed as the mooncake festival, it is the second-largest festival of China and is celebrated during the middle of autumn season every year. Let’s have a quick look at the tradition of the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival. On the 15t h day of the 8 th month of ‘ bayue’, as per the Chinese lunar calendar, the mid-autumn festival is celebrated with fun and tradition, and that’s when mooncakes are abundantly prepared, sold and consumed widely in China. With the extreme popularity of mooncakes during the season, this harvest festival is also known as the ‘mooncake festival’. Mooncake is a festival delicacy, exorbitantly demanded during the Chinese mid-autumn festival, which is the second biggest Chinese festival after Chinese New Year. The biggest thing about the mid-autumn festival is Chinese mooncake, which is known as ‘ Yuèbǐng’ amidst the Chinese.

Midautumn festivals fruits