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About Chinese Moon Festival and moon cakes. ... The Moon Festival ... The Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th lunar month. It's also known as the Mid-autumn Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one of the...
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; San Francisco Chinatown Hosts ; 20th Annual Autumn Moon Festival Street Fair; September 18th - 19th, 2010 ... Autumn Moon Festival brings music, cuisine, and culture to the streets of San Francisco...
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The Legend of the Moon Festival ... ; Originally named the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. ... His wife reached the moon and there, breathless, she coughed and part of the pill fell from her mouth. Now, the hare was already...
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The Moon Festival (The Mid-Autumn Festival) is, to the Chinese, a holiday for members of a family to get together wherever it is possible. ... On the Moon Festival, people eat moon cakes, a kind of cookie with fillings of sugar, fat, sesame, walnut, the yoke of preserved eggs, ham or other material. In Chinese fairy...
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No one can be sure of the origin of the Harvest Moon Festival (also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival). The origin was romanticised by the legendary story of Chang Er, who was believed to have taken a pill, become a fairy and flown to the moon to escape from the pursuit of her husband.
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Mid-Autumn Festival - Wikipedia on Ask.com
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The leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes. Backed into each moon cake was a message with the outline of the attack. On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attacked and overthrew the government.
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Festivals of Hong Kong ... Nobody actually knows when the custom of eating moon cake of celebrate the Moon Festival began, but one relief traces its origin to the 14th century. At the time, China was in revolt against the Mongols.
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The August Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most celebrated Chinese holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese families celebrate the end of the harvest season with a big feast.
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