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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people.〔〔 The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese Han calendar and Vietnamese calendar (within 15 days of the autumnal equinox), on the night of the full moon between early September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Korea. In the Vietnamese culture, it is considered the second-most important holiday tradition after Tết. ==Alternative names== The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known by other names, such as: * Moon Festival or Harvest Moon Festival, because of the celebration's association with the full moon on this night, as well as the traditions of moon worship and moon gazing. * Mooncake Festival, because of the popular tradition of eating mooncakes on this occasion. * Jūng-chāu Jit (中秋節), official name in Cantonese Chinese. * Tết Trung Thu, official name in Vietnamese. * Zhōngqiū Jié (中秋節), the official name in Mandarin Chinese. * Lantern Festival, a term sometimes used in Singapore and Malaysia, which is not to be confused with the Lantern Festival in China that occurs on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese calendar. * Reunion Festival, because in olden times, a woman in China would take the occasion to visit her parents before returning to celebrate with her husband and his parents.〔 * Children's Festival, in Vietnam, because of the emphasis on the celebration of children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mid-Autumn Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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