In 2024, the Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Moon Festival, falls on September 17. Here’s a bit of background and a few tips on how to join this massive full moon party. What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Also known as the Moon Festival, it has been a tradition in many Asian cultures for more than 3,000 years The restaurant is offering moon cake for the millennia-old holiday. Skip Navigation ...

In the morning, a cake was topped with lit candles. The child did not blow them out, though. Instead, they were left to burn all day until after dinner, when the cake was eaten.

The origin of cutting cakes on birthdays dates back to ancient Greek mythology, where the goddess of the moon, Artemis, was offered a round-shaped cake on her birthday.

Mid-Autumn Festival became an official celebration in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) but there isn’t one single answer to the question of when and how the annual event began.