A holiday centering around the moon, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival takes place on ...

Aug. 17—Organizers announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that the third annual Lotus Moon Water Lantern Festival was canceled due to "unforeseen circumstances." In a call with the Appeal ...

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, will begin on Tuesday. ... There are also other special foods to eat, such as duck, taro, pumpkin and lotus roots.

Mooncakes are eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They represent completeness and family reunion. The one pictured here is filled with lotus paste and salted duck egg yolk. Today is the Mid ...

VOX POPULI: Celebrating lotus root, a modest vegetable that heralds winter Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. November 17, 2023 at 12:37 JST ...

The meaning of the Moon Festival for me has changed as I've gotten older. Despite bittersweet emotions, I still love celebrating it. Here's why.