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.

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