Vo the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is Ching’s tra- ditional Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the Ghinese lunar calendar, the lunar eighth, ninth, and ténth months make up au- tum: The eighth month falls in mid-autumn, and the 15th, day is in the middle of the month, hence the name Mid-Autumn, Festival. Oia that day, the Chinese have the custom of adiniring the moon and eating moon cakes. _ In autumn, it is fine and cool, with few floating clouds in the sky and the moon at night seems - particularly bright. This is especially true on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, Since people. con- sider the fall moon as the symbol of reunion and satisfaction; the \gestival is-also called the Festival for'Reunion. & According to tra- ditional custom, the Chinese people enjoy fruits and moon cakes while admiring thé moon. As the moon cake is round, symbolizing reunion; it is some- times called “reunion cake”. The Chinese moon cake has many va- rieties and préduction methods differ from place to place. There are sweet, salty, meat and veg- etable fillings. It is carved with various decorative patterns and “words: 1. Tn autumn, people reap the harvests of their year’s labor. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Fes- > fival, the whole family will sit together to admire the moon and eat moon cakes, filled with happiness for the bumper har- vest and a family reunion. At | that time, people far away from he Mid-Autumn Festival hometown will also look up at the moon and miss their homes town and family. 1.8. AGE Moon cakes 2, CAM LARA SE Werkers grabbing moon cakes