Mid-Autumn Festival, also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival just like western’s Thanksgiving is a reunion time for families that are celebrated in many East Asian communities. In 2021, the Mid-Autumn Festival will fall on September 21st (Thursday).
The Mid-Autumn Festival traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is in September or early October in the modern calendar.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important festival in China after the Chinese New Year. Chinese people celebrate it by gathering for dinners, then after dinners share fruit and mooncake while watching the full moon. Children will lighting paper lanterns.
The Chinese have celebrated the harvest during the autumn full moon since the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BCE). Later on, its celebration as a festival started to gain popularity during the early Tang dynasty (618–907 CE). One legend explains that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang started to hold formal celebrations in his palace after having explored the Moon-Palace. In Chinese mythology that Chang’E(Chinese lady goddess of the moon) and YuTu(jade bunnies) are living in the Moon-Palace. I’ve created few embroidery files for those who enjoy machines embroidery. Please check out the following links.
Mid-Autumn Chinese / Chang’E on Moon / Mooncake Bunny / Little Mooncake
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mid Autumn Festival has become a popular folk festival
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