Mid-autumn is a traditional festival in China.It's also called Autumnfestive,August festival,daughters festival,or Reunion festival and so on.It'soften on August 15th in lunar calendar every year,but in some places,it's on the16th August,such as Ningbo,Taizhou and Zhoushan.
Mid-autumn day is thought to be the best festival with human touch orinterest and poetic sentiment and mood of a painting.It's a reunion festival,onthe day,people always miss close relatives and friends.Wherever they are,theyalways go home to see their parents and brothers and sisters,or their wife orhusband and their children.The people who are in far away also give a call tothe persons they are concerning with.
On this day,people often eat moon cake,nuts and some special food.And insome places,the days before Mid-autumn day,they do the rabbits with wheat,whichstangd of peace and reunion.On the evening,family members or friends always staytogether to watch the moon as eating moon cake and nuts,or as talking each otherhappily.