Fancy lanterns are displayed at Senado Square in south China's Macao on Sept. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
Various cultural events are held across China to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept. 13 this year.
(190913) -- BEIJING, Sept. 13, 2019 (Xinhua) --The Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, is one of the most important festivals to Chinese people. It is usually marked by family reunions, with a long-standing tradition of enjoying the sight of the full moon while eating moon cakes together.
This year's festival falls on Sept. 13.
Colorful lanterns are displayed during a lantern fair in Zhouzhuang Township of Kunshan City in east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
An actor performs on a vessel during a lighting ceremony of a lantern fair in Zhouzhuang Township of Kunshan City in east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
Actresses perform during a lighting ceremony of a lantern fair in Zhouzhuang Township of Kunshan City in east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
Colorful lanterns are displayed during a lantern fair at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)
Children learn to make mooncakes in Beitang Village, Changxing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Children make mooncakes at a kindergarten in Changxing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A pastry chef teaches students to make mooncakes at a primary school in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Luo Xuefeng)
Actors perform during a ceremony praying for harvest of tea at a tea garden in Wuyishan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)
Actors perform during a ceremony praying for harvest of tea at a tea garden in Wuyishan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)
Overseas students from Hainan University prepare to taste mooncakes made by themselves in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Shop assistants make handmade mooncakes at a cake shop in Yongqing Township of Yongqing County, north China's Hebei Province, Sept.10, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoguo)
A train stewardess (1st R) in traditional Chinese costume and passengers guess lantern riddles on a bullet train from Shanghai to Nanjing of east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
A girl from Armenia takes photos with kids from a Peking Opera performance group in Xiaopu Town, Changxing County of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
