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What are the customs and traditions of Mid-Autumn Festival?

1. Burning lamp:

The internal combustion candles of Mid-Autumn Night Lights are tied to bamboo poles with ropes and hung high on tile eaves or terraces, or made into fonts or various shapes with small lights and hung high on houses, commonly known as' Mid-Autumn Festival on trees' or' Mid-Autumn Festival vertically'.

2. Solve the riddle on lanterns: On the full moon night of Mid-Autumn Festival, many lanterns will be hung in public places. People get together to guess the riddles written on lanterns. Because this is the favorite activity of most young men and women, and love stories will be heard in these activities, solve riddles on the lanterns on lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival is also a form of love between men and women.

3. Eating moon cakes: Eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a necessary custom in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "Moon cakes are sweet and fragrant when they are full on August 15th".

4. Appreciation of Osmanthus fragrans: Osmanthus fragrans has the reputation of "Murraya" and is a kind of traditional precious flowers and trees that our people love very much.