Located at southwest Beijing, the 800-year-Lugou Bridge embraced its first ever mid-autumn cultural festival on Friday night. The "Moon over Lugou" gala restores a traditional moon observance dating back 300 years in the Qing Dynasty.
The National Committee of the Chinese People´s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country´s top advisory body, celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday night.
Beijingers have let their imaginations run wild handcrafting lanterns to light up the city. Now these creative lanterns are brightening the night sky at the Beijing International Sculpture Park.
Taiwan pop trio S.H.E made moon cakes at a charitable activity in Taipei on Tuesday, to collect money for children with cancer.They were glad to help realize the dreams of the young patients by making mooncakes with them.
Pace Wu Pei-Ci, a Taiwan actress and model, will replace supermodel Lin Chiling as co-host of this year´s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala produced by Beijing-based China Central Television (CCTV).
The 2008 CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala will be broadcast live arround the world on September 14th on CCTV International.
Taiwan supermodel-actress Lin Chiling will be a co-host at this year´s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala held by Beijing-based China Central Television (CCTV).
The 2008 CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala broadcast live arround the world on CCTV International. Video: Part I |Part II |Part III |Part IV
The 2008 CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala broadcast live arround the world on CCTV International.
Video: Part I |Part II |Part III |Part IV
A recipe for mooncakes, the Chinese snack traditionally served during the Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival. Full story >>
A recipe for mooncakes, the Chinese snack traditionally served during the Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival.
There are many beautiful legends about the moon in China. the most popular one tells how a goddess named Chang´e ascended to the moon.
Among the flowers from a pot of wine,I drink alone beneath the bright moonshine.I raise my cup to invite the moon, who blends.
The day is a traditional festivity for Han and minority nationalities. The custom of worshipping the moon can be traced back to the Xia and Shang Dynasties.
For thousands of years, Chinese people have related the vicissitudes of life to changes of the moon as it waxes and wanes; joy and sorrow, parting and reunion.
There is this story about the moon-cake. During the Yuan dynasty, leaders from the preceding Sung Dynasty were unhappy at submitting to the foreign rule.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, and is a legal holiday in several countries.
