Culture Insider: Things you need to know about Mid-Autumn Festival

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-09-20 13:54
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Eating Mooncakes

Eating mooncakes while watching the full moon is an important part of the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, and is more like a symbol of family unity. At the very beginning, moon cakes were served as a sacrifice to the Moon. The word "moon cake" first appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Nowadays, moon cakes are given as presents to loved ones and it represents people's wishes to be together during the mid-autumn festival.

Apart from the above, there are a variety of celebrations around China.

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