Different Countries Have Various Celebration For Mid-Autumn-Festival
In Korean, it is called "추석 (秋夕)", "중추절 (中秋节)", "가배 (嘉俳)", "중추 (中秋)", "가배일 (嘉俳日)", "중추가절 (中秋节)". It is the day when the tomb is visited and the newly harvested grains and fruits are used to worship the ancestors. It is also the custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival to return home to visit relatives and give gifts to relatives and friends. Therefore, English also calls the Mid-Autumn Festival on the Korean Peninsula "Korean Thanksgiving Day" (Korean Thanksgiving Day).
Vietnam
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a festival for Vietnamese children. That night, the children listened to the legend about Agui and went to see a lion dance. Some even got a lion for him to be bought by their father to play with their friends. Vietnamese children have to go out and play with carp lanterns on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which also indicates the meaning of "jumping the dragon gate" when they grow up.
Japan
The traditional Japanese Mid-Autumn Festival is called Fifteen Nights, also called Mid-Autumn Moon and Taro Moon. The Japanese eat glutinous rice dumplings when admiring the moon, called "Moonmi dumplings". Since this period coincides with the harvest season of various crops, in order to express gratitude for the blessings of nature, the Japanese will hold various celebrations. Japanese people also enjoy the moon, which is called "Moonmi", and the house will display moon-viewing dumplings, miscanthus, taro, etc. [35]
Singapore
Singapore is a country with the majority of the Chinese population, and has always attached great importance to the annual Mid-Autumn Festival. For the Chinese in Singapore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a godsend opportunity to connect and express gratitude. Relatives, friends, and business partners give moon cakes to each other as a way of expressing greetings and wishes. [36]
Malaysia, Philippines
Eating moon cakes, admiring the moon, and carrying lanterns in a parade are the Mid-Autumn Festival custom passed down from generation to generation by Malaysian Chinese. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, time-honored merchants across Malaysia have launched various mooncakes. All major shopping malls in the capital Kuala Lumpur have moon cake counters, and moon cake advertisements in newspapers and TV stations are overwhelming, creating a festive atmosphere for celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chinese societies in some parts of Kuala Lumpur are currently holding lantern parades to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition to dragon and lion dances, floats carrying "Chang'e" and "Seven Fairies" roam during the festival. Artists and youths in bright costumes sing and dance.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival that the overseas Chinese living in the Philippines attach great importance to. The Chinatown in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is very lively, and local overseas Chinese hold activities to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The main commercial streets in the areas where the overseas Chinese live in communities are lit up with lights, and the main road junctions and the small bridges that enter Chinatown are hung up. Many shops sell all kinds of homemade mooncakes or imported from China. Mid-autumn festival celebrations include dragon dance parade, national costume parade, lantern parade and float parade.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, all our workers are still working intensively overtime because we need to make bulk bags orders for our customers. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a family reunion festival, and our factory is also a big family. Recently, due to the rapid increase in ocean freight and the shortage of shipping space, our delivery time for big bags has been shortened by 20%. In order to complete the large package order with quality and quantity, we gave up the holiday break time to ensure that customers can deliver on time!
