The Mid Autumn Festival, also called the Moon Festival is one of the most important feast in the Chinese Calendar.
This year 2011, the feast day fall on Sept. 12 (or the 15Th day of the 8Th month of the Lunar Calendar). It is believed that the moon is at its fullest and roundest.
One famous myth associated with this feast is the story of China's goddess of the Moon Chang O.
She was the wife of Hou Yi, a strong and tyrannical archer who saved the earth by shooting down nine suns.
She drank the elixir of life stolen by her husband from a goddess. After drinking, she floated and flew to the moon. That's where she is up to this day!
It is customary to eat the fruit. pomelo which is as round as the moon on this day. Eating a moon cake while grazing at the moon is another Mid Autumn Festival custom.
A visit at Toucheng Leisure Farm, this day will make your make your festivity celebration complete!
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