Mid-Autumn Festival中秋節
A night of moon viewing, mooncakes and family.
- When
- Fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month
每屆中秋，府第朱門皆以月餅果品相饋贈。
Yan Jing Sui Shi Ji
What it is
In Song Kaifeng the rich dressed up their terraces and ordinary people fought for seats in wine towers to watch the moon.
In Qing Beijing families sent each other mooncakes and laid out fruit for the moon. A saying went that men do not bow to the moon.
Coming dates
Worked out from the lunar calendar in China time.
- 2026Fri 25 September
- 2027Wed 15 September
- 2028Tue 3 October
- 2029Sat 22 September
- 2030Thu 12 September
Sources Jing Chu Sui Shi Ji; Dong Jing Meng Hua Lu; Yan Jing Sui Shi Ji.