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	Mid-Autumn Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in the Gregorian Calendar), a date that parallels the Autumn Equinox of the solar calendar.
		The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar (the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year), and is a legal holiday in several countries.
		The Mid-Autumn Festival also commemorates an uprising in China against the Mongol rulers of the Yuan Dynasty (1280–1368) in the early 14th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival (758 words)

	Mid-Autumn Festival - China Travel Guide
		On the night of the fifteenth day the moon is thought to be brighter, fuller and more beautiful than at any other time, hence why the mid-autumn festival is also the moon festival.
		The autumn season in the Chinese calendar is the seventh, eighth and ninth months, with the fifteenth day being the middle day of a thirty day month.
		The moon festival is celebrated in different ways in different parts of China, though it is most commonly celebrated by a family reunion dinner (in Chinese culture the full moon is a symbol of family reunion) where sweetened wine is drunk and lotus roots, water chestnuts and of course moon cakes eaten.
	www.chinahighlights.com /travelguide/moonfestival.htm (477 words)

	Mid-Autumn
		Mid-Autumn Festival is said to have originated from the ancient ceremony of Sacrificing to the Moon Goddess.
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		Part of the celebrations for this Festival also traced back with The Legend of Eating Mooncakes which is about the 14th-century uprising against the Mongols (Yuan Dynasty) when rebels wrote the call to revolt on pieces of paper and embedded them in cakes which they smuggled to compatriots.
	dizzy.library.arizona.edu /users/timmannc/festival/christina/Mid-Autumn.html (443 words)

	Mid-Autumn Festival - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
		The Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese: 中&: zhong1 qiu1 jie2), Moon Festival, or, less commonly, Mooncake Festival (月&: yue4 bing3 jie2) is a traditional Chinese festival/holiday on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in Gregorian Calendar).
		It is said that the festival originated from ancient times, when people held ceremonies in honor of the Moon Goddess, or to celebrate the mid-autumn harvest.
		However another version is that the Mid-Autumn Festival commemorates the uprisings in China against Mongols in the early 14th century.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /m/mi/mid_autumn_festival.html (279 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival
		The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most charming and picturesque nights of the calendar.
		The only way to stop the havoc which had beset their village was to dance a fire dance for three days and nights during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.
		The festival commemorates a 14th Century uprising against the Mongols.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_mida.jhtml (361 words)

	BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Chinese mid autumn festival
		The mid-autumn moon festival (Zhong Qiu) is held in autumn as this is when the moon is at its brightest, which is how the festival has come to have two names.
		The moon festival is the second most important festival in the traditional Chinese calendar, the first being New Year.
		In 2002, the date for the festival is 21 September.
	www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/fesitvals/chinese-mid-autumn-festival.shtml (232 words)

	Mid Autumn Festival
		The date of Mid-autumn Festival also known as Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th moon day of 8th Chinese lunar month (Chicken month).
		Unlike most other Chinese festivals, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a low-key holiday, characterized by peace and elegance.
		The round "moon cakes" eaten on this festival are symbolic of family unity and closeness.
	kevdesign.com /midautumnfestival (295 words)

	Chinese Mid Autumn Festival or Moon Cake Festival
		Moon Cake Festival: A Mid-Autumn Festival (Chung Chiu), the third major festival of the Chinese calendar, is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month.
		This festival is also known as the Moon Cake Festival because a special kind of sweet cake (yueh ping) prepared in the shape of the moon and filled with sesame seeds, ground lotus seeds and duck eggs is served as a traditional Chung Chiu delicacy.
		This festival corresponds to harvest festival s observed by Western cultures (in Hong Kong, it is held in conjunction with the annual Lantern Festival).
	www.regit.com /hongkong/festival/mooncake.htm (976 words)

	Traditional Chinese Festivals - china.org.cn
		The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar.
		In the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, it grew to be a major festival of China.
		Folklore about the origin of the festival go like this: In remote antiquity, there were ten suns rising in the sky, which scorched all crops and drove people into dire poverty.
	www.china.org.cn /english/features/Festivals/78311.htm (733 words)

	Cocacafe - Mid Autumn Festival
		The mid-autumn festival is also known as the mooncake or lantern festival.
		The mid-autumn festival was when the rebellion took place.
		This festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eight month of the lunar calendar, when the full moon is at its brightness for the entire year.
	www.cocacafe.com /2002/autumfest1.html (241 words)

	Houston Chinese Moon Cake Festival, Mid Autumn Festival
		Originally named the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays celebrated by Chinese communities around the world.
		This year, Mid Autumn Festival is celebrated on September 18.
		The mooncakes held secret messages baked within the skin, informing people to revolt on the 15th of the 8th moon, also the Mid Autumn festival.
	www.chinatownconnection.com /chinese_mooncake_festival.htm (598 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals
		Hong Kong's major traditional festivals are colourful and noisy affairs, at which thousands upon thousands of people turn out to join the celebrations.
		The festivals are among the best ways to experience the unique culture of this modern East-meets-West destination.
		There are festivals throughout the year that you are sure to enjoy.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/index.jhtml (133 words)

	Mid-Autumn Festival from Musical Mandarin
		Some years the Mid-Autumn Festival falls very early in the school year in the USA, and not all teachers are receptive to having someone come in and do anything special before their routines are set, especially at preschools.
		This year Saturday, September 18th is Mid-Autumn Festival -- the 15th Day of the 8th month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
		For the youngest saying, "the moon is full, (it's a harvest festival,) this is a lantern, have some new food" is almost enough.
	mid-autumn-fest.blogspot.com (1624 words)

	Festival of Malaysia - Mooncake Festival
		The Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival falls on the 15
		Mid Autmn Festival was celebrated with mooncakes on a national level.
		In Malaysia, the Chinese celebrate the festival with family gatherings, prayers, mooncakes and lantern parades by children.
	www.abcmalaysia.com /tour_malaysia/mooncake_fest.htm (413 words)

	Meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival
		he lantern procession is the main Mid-Autumn Festival activity that honors the legend, and everything else comes together around the procession that meanders along the neighborhood's streets the whole night.
		Also familiar are the scenes of families gathering in the garden with friends and neighbors to sip fragrant teas while nibbling at mid-autumn delicacies such as moon cakes, lotus seed paste cake, mung bean cake, and gazing at the bright moon above, composing and reciting poems, or discussing about arts and literature.
		The children's creativity will be challenged with a unique design for their own lanterns that they will construct themselves(or with the adults' help), then parade proudly at the procession, singing joyous mid-autumn children songs.
	www.vietscape.com /events/tt98/festival0.html (293 words)

	Chinese Mid-autumn Festival
		On the 15th of the eighth month (October 6, 2005) in the Chinese calendar is the Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival.
		At the night of Moon Festival, single young ladies pray under the moon hoping the moon match maker will bring them a happy marriage.
		This is the time when families get together, enjoy a hearty dinner, watch the brightest full moon of the year and eat moon cakes.
	www.hometownchina.com /moonday.htm (233 words)

	Sadie's Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
		Her story of the celebration of the Mid Autumn festival was printed as a cover story the North Bay adoption agency's newsletter.
		Today, the Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival continues to honor children with special midnight feasts, lighted lanterns decorated with symbols of Vietnamese animals, traditional dragon and unicorn dances and street parades with children carrying lanterns and noisemakers.
		The Chinese first introduced this festival to the Vietnamese when they colonized them thousands of years ago.
	www.adoptvietnam.org /parenting/autumn.htm (1841 words)

	Celebration of the MId-Autumn Festival
		Compared to many Chinese festivals that are inundated with vibrant colors and sounds, the Mid-Autumn festival remains more subdued.
		Also known as the "Full Moon Festival," the Mid-Autumn festival falls on the fifteen day of the eighth lunar month.
		According to the lunar calendar, it is also the exact middle of autumn (which begins in the seventh month and ends in the ninth).
	www.c-c-c.org /chineseculture/festival/zhongqiu/zhongqiu.html (364 words)

	Mid-Autumn Festival
		On the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar(24th Sept. this year), the moon is full and it is time for the Chinese people to mark their Moon Festival, or the Mid-Autumn Festival.
		It is now the eighth month in the lunar calendar, the time for the Chinese to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival.
		It is also a romantic night for the lovers, who sit holding hands on riverbanks and park benches, enraptured by the brightest moon of the year.
	china.tyfo.com /int/art/festival/middle-autumn/index-midautumn.htm (326 words)

	TiT Festivals: The Mid-Autumn Festival
		The 15th of the first eight lunar month is celebrated as the Mid-Autumn Festival, which has been designed a public holiday by the Republic of China government.
		It's also cool then, a perfect time to celebrate the harvest which has just concluded; hence, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Harvest Festival.
		The festival is a time for family reunions to appreciate the moon (½à¤ë, shangyue) and eat moon cakes together.
	www.sinica.edu.tw /tit/festivals/0995_MidAutumn.html (800 words)

	mid-autumn festival
		The Mid-Autumn festival is an evening celebration where families light lanterns, eat mooncakes and fruits, and appreciate the moon.
		The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calandar.
		On the Mid-Autumn's night, the moon is at the lowest angle to the horizon and the ancient Chinese observed that the moon seemed to be at its largest and brightest.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~kyfoo/chinese/mid-autumn_festival.html (178 words)

	Mid-Autumn Festival Folklore
		The Mid-Autumn Festival is a serene, quiet celebration, falling on the 15th day of the
		The moon is an essential part of the festival and has many folk tales attached to it.
		Not only is the moon central to this festival, but so are foods like pomelos, a large, sweet, pear-like fruit with a thick skin.
	www.taipei.org /teco/cicc/currents/11-1299/index/flr.html (449 words)

	Mid-Autumn Festival
		Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month among Chinese communities worldwide.
		The festival this year promises to be even more spectacular with various celebrations across the city.
		This auspicious occasion is a time of gathering and reunion for families and friends, many whom come together to enjoy mooncakes, Chinese tea and appreciate the moon at it fullest.
	www.visitsingapore.com /maf (158 words)

	Mid Autumn Festival at Feng Shui Bestbuy
		The Mid-Autumn Festival or commonly known as the Mooncake Festival or Lantern Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar (28th September 2004).
		The Mid Autumn is a special month for the women in ancient China.
		Since this is a women's festival, most ladies who desire to meet their future husbands would take the opportunity to activate their love luck.
	www.fengshuibestbuy.com /midautumnfestival.html (1248 words)

	BBC - Manchester - Communities - Mid Autumn Festival celebrations
		The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festivity for both the Han and minority nationalities and is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon.
		The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival was celebrated at the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester at the weekend with a special latern making competiton and a guest appearence by international footballer Sun Jihai.
		On this family occasion, children are allow to stay up late and take their lighted lanterns to the parks and watch the huge autumn moon while eating the moon cakes.
	www.bbc.co.uk /manchester/content/articles/2004/09/27/mid_autumn_festival_chinatown_feature.shtml (278 words)

	Mid Autumn Festival 2004
		The Mid-Autumn Festival was initially a harvest celebration celebrated on the fifteenth day of eighth month on the lunar calendar, during which, the moon appears larger than at any time of the year.
		The Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival or Tet Trung Thu (tet-troong-thoo) is a festival held on the 15 th day of the 8 th month on the Lunar Calendar.
		The Mid-Autumn Festival originates thousands of years ago and is celebrated in many Far East Asian countries that once used the lunar calendar like Vietnam, China and Korea and is considered the Children's Festival.
	www.vhkhvn.org /vhkh/culture/0409autumn.htm (1108 words)

	Mid-Autumn Festival
		it's mid-autumn festival night, we're having barbecue and lightsaber fight.
	homepage.mac.com /nikita1/PhotoAlbum19.html (19 words)

	Nhan Dan --- Travel
		Preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is known as a children's festival, are in full-swing everywhere as the festival is coming in several days.
		On the night of the Mid-Autumn festival, the Fund for Support of Vietnamese Children in co-ordination with Vietnam Television will organise a live programme called “fairy moon” which will be connected with Ho Chi Minh City and Don Village in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.
		Moon-cakes, including banh deo (glutinous-rice dumplings) and banh nuong (cakes) in the shape of the moon, fish, and other animals are indispensable for the festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
	www.nhandan.com.vn /english/travel/250904/2004.htm (536 words)

	Mid-Autumn Children's Festival -- ThingsAsian Article
		During the Children's Mid-Autumn Festival, although the moon is then at its greatest distance from the earth, it appears larger than at any time of the year and takes on a reddish glow.
		The dragon dance is an important aspect of many festivals including the Mid-Autumn Children's Festival.
		The festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the day of the first full moon closest to the autumn equinox when the moon is at its fullest.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.641.html (1051 words)

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