Mid-autumn is a traditional festival in China.Its also called Autumn festive,August festival,daughters festival,or Reunion festival and so on.Its often on August 15th in lunar calendar every year,but in some places,its on the 16th August,such as Ningbo,Taizhou and Zhoushan.
Mid-autumn day is thought to be the best festival with human touch or interest and poetic sentiment and mood of a painting.Its a reunion festival,on the day,people always miss close relatives and friends.Wherever they are,they always go home to see their parents and brothers and sisters,or their wife or husband and their children.
The people who are in far away also give a call to the persons they are concerning with.
On this day,people often eat moon cake,nuts and some special food.And in some places,the days before Mid-autumn day,they do the rabbits with wheat,which stangd of peace and reunion.On the evening,family members or friends always stay together to watch the moon as eating moon cake and nuts,or as talking each other happily.