The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It falls on the fifteenth day of August in lunar calendar. In 2006, it is listed by the Government of the People's Republic of China as an "intangible cultural heritage", and in 2008, it was made a Chinese public holiday.
Actually, this festival is strongly associated with the legend of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess of Immortality. She accidentally swallowed panacea of his husband, Houyi, and flied out of the window into the sky, and never came back to the Earth since. Her husband missed her so much and made lots of cakes for her. Therefore, nowadays, people worship Chang’e on this festival with such sacrifice as mooncakes and all kinds of fruits. What a romantic festival!
中秋节，农历八月十五，是中国最重要的传统节日之一。2006年，中华人民共和国政府将其列入非物质文化遗产并在2008年定为公共假日。
实际上，中秋节与一个神话故事中的主人公月神嫦娥有很大的关系，她误食了其丈夫的灵药，最后飞入月宫，再也无法回到地球。他的丈夫后羿非常想念她，经常做饼给她。因此，现在人们在这一天会用月饼和水果供奉嫦娥，以继承表达后羿对她的思念之情。中秋节是一个多么浪漫的节日啊。