YEYANG SALES Team Held The Mid-Autumn Festival With Mooncake Gambling And Dinner Activities

YEYANG SALES team held the Mid-Autumn Festival with "mooncake gambling" and dinner activities on September 23, 2017， in Xin'an Hotel.We are very happy to eat and drink during the meal that there are plenty of seafood, soups, pasta, desserts and fruit.

After dinner, we also held the annual Mid-Autumn Festival "mooncake gambling" activities, resulting in three tables of one scholar, the second one, the visiting flower……

More customs about Mid-Autumn Festival as follows:

Xiamen

A unique tradition is celebrated quite exclusively in the island city of Xiamen. On the festival, families and friends gather to play a gambling sort of game involving 6 dice. People take turns in rolling the dice in a ceramic bowl with the results determining what they win. The number 4 is mainly what determines the how big the prize is.

What is the significance of Mid Autumn Festival?

To the Chinese, Mid-Autumn Festival means family reunion and peace. The festival is celebrated when the moon is believed to be the biggest and fullest. To the Chinese, a full moon is a symbol of prosperity, happiness, and family reunion.

Why is the Mid Autumn Festival so important?

The Mid-Autumn Festival started as a harvest festival held on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, a full moon night between late September and early October. The festival is an important traditional holiday in China, perhaps just behind the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year.

Why do we celebrate the Moon Festival?

The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Lantern Festival, takes place each year on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. This is the date of the Autumn Equinox, when the moon is at its farthest point from the earth and hence appears bright and completely round.

For the related lunar festivals celebrated on the same day, see Tsukumi (Japan) and Chuseok (North and South Korea).

Mid-Autumn Festival

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Mid-Autumn Festival decorations in Beijing

Official name中秋节 (Zhōngqiū Jié in Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore; Jūng-chāu Jit in Hong Kong and Macau)

T?t Trung Thu (Vietnam)

Also calledMoon Festival/Celebration

Observed byChina, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia

TypeCultural, Religious

SignificanceCelebrates the end of the autumn harvest

ObservancesConsumption of mooncakes

Consumption of cassia wine

Date15th day of the 8th lunar month

2017 dateOctober 4

2018 dateSeptember 24

Related toChuseok (in Korea), Tsukimi (in Japan), Uposatha of Ashvini/Krittika (similar festivals that generally occur on the same day in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia)

Mid-Autumn Festival

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"Mid-Autumn Festival" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese中秋節

Simplified Chinese中秋节

Literal meaning"Mid-Autumn Festival"

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Min Chinese name

Traditional Chinese八月節

Literal meaning"Festival of the Eighth Month"

The Mid-Autumn Festival (traditional Chinese: 中秋節; simplified Chinese: 中秋节; Vietnamese: that Trung Thu) is a harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night, corresponding to late September to early October of the Gregorian calendar with full moon at night.

Mainland China listed the festival as an "intangible cultural heritage" in 2006 and a public holiday in 2008. It is also a public holiday in Taiwan and in Hong Kong. In the Vietnamese culture, it is considered the second-most important holiday tradition after That.[citation needed]

Due to ancient China's cultural influence, Mid-Autumn Festival spread to other parts of Asia. Mooncakes have also appeared in western countries as a form of delicacy.