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Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival


This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007.

Some days ago, I found Flickr's logo was changed, then I posted an question to ask why
, some friends told me that is a western festival - Talk Like A Pirate
Day. I know little about western, so I believe foreigneres also know
little about Chinese, tomorrow is an important day for Chinese,
tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

The Mid-Autumn
Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. The
festival originated in the imperial moon-worshipping ceremonies held
when the moon was at its fullest on the fifteenth day of the eighth
lunar month. Later on moon-worshipping was adopted by nobles and high
officials. When the practice became prevalent among ordinary people, it
became a true national festival.

People will eating moon cakes
tomorrow, Guangzhou, Beijing, Suzhou and Ningbo are all renowned for
their special brand of moon cakes. In the days leading up to the
Festival, stores compete for customers by advertising new varieties of
exquisitely wrapped cakes, which people buy for themselves or as gifts
for friends and relatives.

Now, I have wrote two blogs about the synonymous with Chinese beside this one, they are:


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