The Mid-Autumn Festival and its food

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest and important festival following the Spring Festival in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival is falling on the 15^th day of the 8^th month according to Chinese lunar calendar. The name of the Mid-Autumn Festival is from the fact, because it always in the middle of the season for autumn. In other aspect, the moon is always at its roundest of the year in the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the day is also named as the Moon Festival.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese people with their family members appreciate the bright full moon and eat moon cakes at the night. As with every other Chinese holiday, the Mid-Autumn Festival also has its own special food. The moon cake is this special food of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a kind of cookie with various fillings. The most specific different of moon cake with other cakes, which is in the surface of moon cakes are printed different artistic patterns depicting the story of Chang E flying to the moon.