How different Asians celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival

19/09/2018   872  5/5 trong 3 rates 
How different Asians celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival
As in Vietnam, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been welcomed as one of the most significant occasions in other Asian countries such as China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, etc. The festival has a particular meaning leading to differences in each country’s celebration.

 
  • Vietnam – the Festival of Children

    Vietnam – the Festival of ChildrenVietnam – the Festival of Children

    The leading roles of Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam are children. It is the time when children receive a lantern to play with their friends and enjoy pieces of mooncakes. During the night of the festival, the scenery of children holding lanterns and parading along the streets is sure the most beautiful image of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam. Lion dance performances are also held in some places to enhance the celebration.

  • China – the Mooncake Festival

    China – the Mooncake FestivalChina – the Mooncake Festival

    Mooncakes have been long recognized as an iconic object of the festival in the Chinese traditions, symbolizing the completeness and reunion. On this special day, Chinese usually come back home to spend time with their families. For those who are living far away and cannot make the way home, appreciating the Moon brings the feeling as if they were there with their families because the Moon is absolutely the same one no matter where they are.

  • Korea – Chuseok Festival

    Korea – Chuseok FestivalKorea – Chuseok Festival

    Mid-Autumn Festival is a big event in this country, also called “Thanksgiving Day” by local people. During the festival, Koreans make a three-day trip to their hometowns to reunion with family members and friends. The typical of Korean traditional food in the festival is a kind of crescent moon-shaped cake called Songpyeon (rice cake) served with Soju (type of native alcohol).

  • Japan – the Festival of Moon Observing

    Japan – the Festival of Moon ObservingJapan – the Festival of Moon Observing

    The Japanese also celebrate the festival on the 15th day of the August lunar month. When the festival was introduced to Japanese from China about 1,000 years ago, the custom of appreciating the moon while holding a party formed, named appropriately “Moon Appreciation Party”. Although the Chinese lunar calendar is not used in Japan any more, the custom of moon appreciation is kept in many places of the country. The festival food in Japan is not moon cake, but glutinous rice cake.

  • Thailand – the Prayer Festival

    Thailand – the Prayer FestivalThailand – the Prayer Festival

    The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called “Prayer Festival” by Thais. It is the time to pay a token of gratitude to nature for its bounty and to remember their ancestors. The Chinese temples in Thailand are mostly crowded with people offering incense, candles and fruits to the Moon Goddess. All family members, men and women, the young and old, then sit around the table with offerings to worship the moon, pray and exchange greetings.

  • Singapore – Going on Excursions

    Singapore – Going on ExcursionsSingapore – Going on Excursions

    Similar to Vietnam, Singapore’s Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to contact with their friends, express thanks, and give greetings and best wishes to relatives, friends, and business partners by the way of sending moon cakes. As the country is a famous tourist destination, local people never miss the chance to attract tourists. They decorate Orchard Road, river banks, Chinatown, Chinese Garden and other places to welcome tourists in over the world.

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