The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important Chinese holiday of the year (after Lunar New Year/Spring Festival). It’s a time to get together with family, eat, worship the moon, and celebrate the fall harvest! 

The Mid-Autumn Festival takes place at the same time as the Harvest Moon, or the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox (beginning of fall) each year.
The Chinese holiday follows the Chinese lunisolar calendar rather than our more common Gregorian calendar. It occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month. The eighth lunar month is in the middle of autumn, which is why it’s called 中秋节 (zhōngqiū jié), or the “Mid-Autumn Festival.”
This is when the moon is at its brightest and biggest according to the Chinese calendar, and it coincides with fall and the harvest season! This year, 2023, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 29, 2023.
The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates the year’s harvest. The holiday stretches back 3,000 years, when the Chinese worshipped the moon as a symbol of rejuvenation and a good harvest. Today, the holiday is all about family togetherness. Because of the symbolism around rejuvenation, some folks wish for children and grandchildren around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival as well! 
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Wish you and your families beautiful and warm celebrations! May the beauty of the moonlight bring you peace and tranquility! ❤💖🧡🥰🤩💐💐💐🎉🎉🎉
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