China Focus: Cultural events held nationwide to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
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2022-09-11 12:30
China Focus: Cultural events held nationwide to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
Round-shaped white lanterns on top of 33 "moon boats" were lit in the iconic West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in east China Saturday night. The gathering was the highlight of a moon worship activity to celebrate one of the most important traditional festivals in China, the Mid-Autumn Festival, which fell on Saturday this year. The festival is usually marked by family reunions, enjoying the sights of the full moon, and eating mooncakes. Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has had the custom of moon worship.

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