Mid-autumn festive

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Day, it is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15Th day of August in the Chinese lunar calendar. Chinese people celebrate many festivals according to the Lunar Calendar, but most western countries would follow the solar calendar.
A few days before the Mid-autumn festival around the time of the autumn equinox.This day was also considered as a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables and grain had been harvested by this time and food was abundant.
On that day, we will eat moon cakes , moon cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans, lotus-seed paste or Chinese dates, wrapped in a pastry. Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of the rich tasting dessert. People compare moon cakes to the plum pudding and fruit cakes which are served in the English holiday seasons.

Today,festivities centered about the Mid-Autumn Festival are more varied. After a family reunion dinner, many people like to go out to attend special performances in parks or on public squares.
People in different parts of China have different ways to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. In Guangzhou in South China, a huge lantern show is a big attraction for local citizens. Thousands of differently shaped lanterns are lit, forming a fantastic contrast with the bright moonlight.



I plan to invite my friends to my home to have a dinner together, maybe we cannot eat some moon cakes, but we can eat some dumplings instead.