What Do People Of Asian Countries Do During Mid-autumn Festival?

Along with Vietnam, other Asian countries are also eagerly welcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the biggest full moon festivals of the year.
What do people of Asian countries do during Mid-Autumn Festival?
Vietnam: According to archaeologists, the Mid-Autumn Festival in our country dates back thousands of years, with patterns on the face of Ngoc Lu bronze drums. For Vietnamese people, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a Children's Day. On this occasion, on the street, people decorate many lanterns, star lamps, drums, masks… children's toys. Besides, the atmosphere was bustling everywhere with lion dance groups, lion dance rattle

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The market for cakes and toys also becomes even more bustling every Mid-Autumn Festival. The streets are full of colorful traditional Mid-Autumn items that always attract many young people to visit, shop and take pictures On the night of the full moon, families and neighborhoods organize a Mid-Autumn Festival fun for children with entertainment shows, games and deck breaks.



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China: Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four great festivals of the Chinese people, an opportunity for family members to reunite together, eat a "reunion" meal. Some features of the Mid-Autumn Festival still preserved to this day in China include moon cake, matchmaking, playing lanterns and watching flowers. Photo: China eTours, Pixabay, Getty Images.
The Chinese mooncake tray is indispensable for traditional moon cakes. However, depending on each region, people have their own unique flavored cakes. In the full moon night, they release lights on the river, the lantern of Khong Minh to pray for luck and happiness to their families Photo: CTUAS, ViralCham.




South Korea: Mid-Autumn Festival or Chuseok is Thanksgiving, an orthodox holiday in Korea. Residents usually get 3 days off to prepare for Chuseok. Around this time, everyone rested, reunited with the family. They also cook offerings with many traditional dishes and go to the grave to show morality and filial piety to their ancestors. Photo: PinsDaddy.
In addition, Koreans also organize many traditional games on Mid-Autumn Festival such as tug of war, wrestling, yutnori, kangkangsulle ...



Another feature of the Chuseok festival is the Korean moon cake (called Songpyeon) in the shape of a crescent moon. or half-moon, made from rice flour, green beans, sugar and pine needles. Photo: PinsDaddy, Salam Korea.
Taiwan: In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is called the Reunion Festival. It's a big and important holiday, so the whole people have one day off. Taiwanese people have a custom of giving gifts to each other as a way of showing their love and friendliness to each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The most common gifts are moon cakes and grapefruit. Photo: Flick.




For the past 30 years, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiwan has featured an interesting custom from TV advertising, which is steak. The barbecue during the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes the reunion, happiness, and warmth when the whole family is gathered by the charcoal stove. That is why the Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiwan also has another name, "New Year's barbecue". Photo: Vincent Hum.
Japan: On the 15th of every eighth lunar year, the people of the country of the rising sun hold Otsukimi - Moon viewing festival. This tradition was introduced to Japan 1,000 years ago. Otsukimi aims to honor the moon in the autumn, when the full moon is most complete. The festival partly reflects the unique aesthetic viewpoint of Phu Tang country.



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Today, the Japanese no longer use the lunar calendar, but they still celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Japanese people watch the moon while eating traditional dishes. They set up glutinous rice cakes into a large tray on the front steps of the house, while leisurely watching the moon, chatting and eating. Japanese children also participate in the carp lantern procession. Photo: Wall001.com, Bracus Triticum.
Malaysia: The lantern festival is characteristic of Mid-Autumn culture in Malaysia.



The Chinese community in Malaysia decorated the streets with hundreds of colorful lanterns and organized many exciting activities. They welcome lights to join the lion dance group moving along the streets, bringing jubilant atmosphere to every corner. Photo: South East Asia Backpacker, New Straits Times, Getty Images.
Besides, Malaysians also make moon cakes on the full moon day of August. Malaysian moon cakes often have the shape of sea clams, flowers, and the moon ... Photo: Poskod.



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According to Uyen Hoang / Zing news
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