Besides China, which countries also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?

In addition to China, many countries also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and each country has different customs. As a traditional festival in China, Mid-Autumn Festival is bound to be taken seriously by us. But several countries attach equal importance to Mid-Autumn Festival.

One: Korea

Mid-Autumn Festival is called "Autumn Night", "Mid-Autumn Festival" or "Kano Day" in Korea. On this day, people will go to the grave and offer sacrifices to their ancestors with newly harvested grains and fruits. You will also eat muffins, a kind of food specially made for Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition, the whole family will get together to dance and enjoy the moon.

Second: Japan

Japan calls the Mid-Autumn Festival fifteen nights, and when the Japanese enjoy the moon, they will hold a celebration banquet, which is called the "Moon Watching Banquet". Eating zongzi at a banquet is called "See Zongzi on the Moon". Because this period is the harvest season of various crops, the Japanese will also hold various celebrations to express their gratitude to nature.

Three: Thailand

Thais call Mid-Autumn Festival "Praying for the Moon Festival". At this time of the year, every family uses sugar cane as a memorial arch, and men, women and children will go to Yue Bai together. The Mid-Autumn Festival table is dedicated to the "eight-hole fairy" in China folklore, filled with delicious foods such as "longevity peaches" and "moon cakes".

Four: Malaysia

In Malaysia, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest China festival besides the Spring Festival. After a long period of development and evolution, Malaysian Mid-Autumn Festival customs are quite different from those in China. Besides eating moon cakes, people's most important activity is the lantern show. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Penang, a famous Chinese settlement in Malaysia, is holding a lantern parade to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Dragon and lion dances are essential in the parade. The children are holding lanterns in one hand and holding their mother's hand in the other.

Different countries will have different Mid-Autumn Festival. If you have the chance, you can try to go to other countries to try a different Mid-Autumn Festival.