Mid Autumn Festival Introduction The 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is China’s Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) - it is so named because it falls in the middle of autumn. This year, that’s today. The moon is roun... ...full story at The China Expat
from The China Expat on Tue, Sep 25 2007
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