Illumination installations are seen in front of the Ruins of the St. Paul's in Macao, south China, Sept. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mooncake Festival, is observed by millions of people on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. This year, the day falls on Sept. 10.
As Chinese culture is gaining popularity worldwide, people from different countries are celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important festival in Chinese tradition, through various activities including mooncake making, moon gazing and displaying lanterns.
Students take photos with mooncakes at a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Photo taken on Sept. 7, 2022 shows Mid-Autumn Festival decorations installed at Singapore's Chinatown. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
Students show moon cakes they made at a Chinese class to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at a school in Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. 5, 2022. (China Cultural Centre in Wellington/Handout via Xinhua)
A girl prepares a wishing lantern to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in the Huntington Library in Los Angeles, the United States on Aug. 27, 2022. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)
People pose for photos as they visit the "Beyond the Moonlit Door" art installation show during a media preview at Kwai Chai Hong in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Aug. 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)■
