Mid-Autumn Holiday

In Chinese, it is known as Zhong-Qiu-Jie (中秋節), is a popular harvest festival celebrated in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

In South Korea, it is known as Harvest Moon Festival.

In Malaysia, Singapore, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival, where kids carry lanterns to celebrate in this particular night, not only in Singapore and Malaysia but also in China, Hong Kong too. It also known as Mooncake Festival because the traditional food of this festival is the mooncakes. Although Malaysia and Singapore's Chinese do celebrate this festival but this day is not declared a public holiday.

This Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the 'Chinese' or Lunar calendar, This night the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncakes, of which there are many different varieties. (e.g. typically lotus seeds with duck eggs or without eggs, five-mixed nuts...)

Traditionally on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn full moon, and eat 'moon' cakes (made like a shape of moon) and pomelos fruit under the full moon together.

Asian countries celebrating Mid-Autumn Holiday are shown below.

Stock Exchange	Mid-Autumn Holiday
China	Sept. 19-20, 2013 (Thurs. to Fri.)
Hongkong	Sept. 20, 2013 (Fri.)
South Korea	Sept. 18-20, 2013 (Wed. to Fri.)
Taiwan	Sept. 19-20, 2013 (Thurs. to Fri.)