The Mid-Autumn Festival, additionally called the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional festival commemorated in landmass China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and also Vietnam, in addition to by overseas Chinese and also Vietnamese communities. Comparable vacations are celebrated in Japan (Tsukimi), Korea (Chuseok), as well as throughout Southeast Asia. It is among one of the most important vacations in Chinese society; its appeal is on the same level keeping that of Chinese New Year. The history of the Mid-Autumn Festival go back over 3,000 years. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a moon during the night, representing mid-September to early October of the Gregorian schedule. On today, the Chinese believe that the moon goes to its brightest and also maximum dimension, accompanying harvest time in the middle of Autumn.Lanterns of all dimension as well as forms, are carried and displayed-- symbolic beacons that light in