(Introduction to Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional festival in China) English Composition

Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. It is also called Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival and so on. It is usually August 15 of the lunar calendar every year, but it is June 16 in some places, such as Ningbo, Taizhou and Zhoushan.

Mid-Autumn Festival is considered to be the most human or interesting and poetic festival. This is a reunion festival. On this day, people always miss their close relatives and friends. No matter where they are, they always go home to see their parents and siblings, or their wives or husbands and their children. People who are far away also call people they care about.

On this day, people often eat moon cakes, nuts and some special foods. In some places, a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, they made rabbits out of wheat, symbolizing peace and reunion. In the evening, family members or friends always stay together to watch the moon, eat moon cakes and nuts, or talk happily with each other.