FLORENCE-The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival after the Spring Festival in China. It takes its name from the fact that it is always celebrated in the middle of the autumn season. The day is also known as the Moon Festival, as at that time of the year the moon is at its roundest and brightest.
On the festival day, family members gather to offer sacrifice to the moon, appreciate the bright full moon, eat moon cakes, and express strong yearnings toward family members and friends who live afar. In addition, there are some other customs like playing lanterns, and dragon and lion dances in some regions.
In Keeping with tradition the Chinese students at the University of North Alabama celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday, September 30.
Here are a few pictures of the festivites provided to The quad Cities Daily by UNA student Bo Xue:
