What other countries in the world also celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?

1, Korean peninsula

is called "? ""(Mid-Autumn Festival) ""? (Jia Wei) ""? (Mid-Autumn Festival) ""(Jiajue Day) ""(Mid-Autumn Festival) ". It is a day to sweep graves and offer sacrifices to ancestors with newly harvested grains and fruits. Returning home to visit relatives and giving gifts to relatives and friends is also the custom of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2, Vietnam

Mid-Autumn Festival is also a festival for Vietnamese children. That night, the children listened to the legend about Agui, went to see the lion dance, and some even got their father to buy him a lion to dance with and play with their friends. Vietnamese children have to carry carp lanterns to travel and play in the mid-autumn night, which also indicates the meaning of "jumping the dragon gate" when they grow up.

3, Japan

The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in Japan is called Fifteen Nights, which is also called the Moon of Mid-Autumn Festival. Japanese people eat glutinous rice dumplings while enjoying the moon, which is called "seeing dumplings on the moon". Because this period is the harvest season of various crops, in order to express gratitude to nature, the Japanese will hold various celebrations.

4, Singapore

Singapore is a country with a vast majority of Chinese population, and has always attached great importance to the annual Mid-Autumn Festival. For Chinese in Singapore, Mid-Autumn Festival is a godsend opportunity to connect feelings and express gratitude. Friends, relatives and business partners exchange moon cakes to express greetings and wishes.

5. Malaysia and the Philippines

Eating moon cakes, enjoying the moon and holding lanterns are Mid-Autumn Festival customs handed down from generation to generation by Chinese in Malaysia. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, time-honored merchants from all over Malaysia have launched various kinds of moon cakes. There are mooncake counters in all major shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, and mooncake advertisements in newspapers and TV stations are overwhelming, creating a festive atmosphere for celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Extended information

The Mid-Autumn Festival is called Autumn Festival in Korea, and it is one of the most important festivals. A large number of Koreans choose to go home to visit relatives or travel. September 12th to 15th this year is the autumn holiday in Korea.

Korean KBS TV quoted TMON, a Korean e-commerce platform, as saying that during the holiday period from 12th to 15th, the number of Korean people choosing domestic tourism increased significantly, while the sales of overseas tourism products decreased by 3% compared with last year.

The report said that the trip to Japan, which was highly sought after by South Koreans last year, was "cold" this year. According to the air ticket sales, four cities in Japan ranked among the top ten hot spots last year, but this year only Osaka ranked ninth and barely made it into the top ten.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival

People's Daily Online-Mid-Autumn Festival South Korea's "Cold" ticket sales have shrunk dramatically.