This year, C huseok is being observed from Sept. Mid-Autumn Festivalan Asian festival related to Thanksgiving. The day before and after are also public holidays in South Korea, which allows people time to travel home. Many go back to their hometowns to celebrate with big family reunions and hold memorial services, called charye, for their ancestors. It’s one of the country’s biggest and most important holidays, alongside Seollal, or lunar new year. South Koreans celebrate Chuseok, also known as hangawi, at this time. In Hunan province, women from the Dong ethnic group customarily steal vegetables-because according to legend the moon goddess will shower “sweet dew” on them and whoever consumes them will be healthy and happy. The Mid-Autumn Festival has been celebrated since at least the time of the T’ang Dynasty, which began around 618 c.e. In eastern China’s Zhejiang province, the Qiantang River’s tidal bore attracts many visitors.

Some regions have specific Moon Festival customs. Single-use glow sticks are also common-leading to appeals from environmentalists for curbs on their use. Most children carry around the battery-powered variety. These days, the candle-lit paper lanterns of yore are rarely seen. The Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival is a favourite among kids. Lanterns play an important role in the festivities. Mid-autumn festival is observed in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which.

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