The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival is a traditional harvest celebration in the Chinese culture. This celebration honors the autumn harvest when the moon is at its fullest and brightest which in this case is on September 25th, 2026. It is very common to see families get together and eat mooncakes during this time.
The Lunar Calendar can be viewed on this website here.
Behind every Chinese tradition is also different versions of mythology that implies the significance of it. According to one relevant source..
This was when we had ten suns and when they rose in the sky together, it was too hot for us to live. Hou Yi, as we know, was a great archer, and he was the one who shot 9 of the 10 suns down to leave one to provide light. Yi was given an elixir of immortality as a reward. Yi did not drink it but one of his apprentices, Fengmeng, tried to steal it from him. On the 15th of August in the lunar calendar, Fengmeng broke into Yi’s house and tried to force Chang’e to give it to him. She refused and instead drank it herself to prevent him from getting it. She flew up into the sky and chose the moon for her residence. When Yi discovered what had happened, he displayed Chang’e’s favourite fruits and cakes and gave sacrifices to her. He was sad she was gone.
As mooncakes are very important to this holiday, this is a recipe to make mooncake
