Mid-Autumn Festival
25 September 2026 · movable holiday — A happy full-moon night! Share a mooncake and look up!
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, when the Moon is full or nearly full and especially bright. It is one of the most cherished holidays in China and is also celebrated in Vietnam, Korea (where the related Chuseok holiday falls on the same day) and elsewhere. Its roots lie in ancient customs of giving thanks for the harvest and honouring the Moon. Families gather for a reunion dinner, admire the Moon, light lanterns and share mooncakes, round like the full disc and a symbol of togetherness and completeness. Folklore tells of the goddess Chang’e and of the Jade Rabbit, said to live on the Moon and pound the elixir of immortality. Because the festival follows the lunar calendar, its date in the Gregorian calendar shifts each year, usually between September and early October. In 2026 it falls on 25 September.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver hare made of luminous dots and fine connecting lines, like a constellation moving across the sky
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