Mid-Autumn Festival Sep 29, 2023

Mid-Autumn Festival

As summer"s warmth gently yields to autumn"s cool embrace, the Mid-Autumn Festival lights up the Chinese city of Guiyang, celebrating the full moon and the autumn harvest. Also known as the Moon Festival, it takes place on the 15th day of the year"s eighth lunar month in the Chinese calendar.

© Wang Yukun/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Sep 29, 2018Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
Sep 29, 2019Falling for Rioja
Sep 29, 2020A crush in Lavaux
Sep 29, 2021The largest American bison around
Sep 29, 2022World of WearableArt Awards
Sep 29, 2024West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 15, 2024Marine Day, Japan
Apr 4, 2025National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
Feb 28, 2020Looking down on the Otter
Aug 18, 2021Pearl of the Adriatic
Mar 23, 2022World Meteorological Day
Jan 3, 2023Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Jan 27, 2025Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Jan 1, 2022New Year s Day
Feb 26, 2019Snow on the temple
Jan 6, 2021Travels to the Oregon deep
Jul 8, 2023Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Arkansas
Apr 15, 2018The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
Feb 27, 2018A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Sep 27, 2023Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
Jul 28, 2020Over the boardwalk
Nov 1, 2020Native American Heritage Month
Mar 30, 2021Best fronds forever
Mar 10, 2025National Napping Day
Mar 1, 2024Womens History Month
Feb 12, 2019To Roswell, and beyond!
Oct 1, 2020A lunar lantern celebration
Feb 23, 2022Point Reyes National Seashore
Nov 23, 2024Fibonacci Day
Mar 8, 2018Celebrate International Women’s Day
Jan 27, 2018Bioluminescence at Trwyn Du Lighthouse in Wales
Oct 4, 2023World Space Week
Nov 29, 2023Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
Nov 8, 2020Languid life on the Lakes
Jan 23, 2025Sundance Film Festival
Jan 23, 2024Atolls in the Maldives