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beginning ten days before the end of the year and extending well past the middle of the first month of the new year. In other words, this is the time for rest and relaxation after a year’s toil, and for celebration as well.
4. The government established Aged People’s Day for particular sections of the population, because they are also the concern of the society.
5. The 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar marks the middle of autumn. The traditional food of Zhong Qiu Jie (the Mid-Autumn Festival) is moon cakes. Give them as gifts or use them as bricks to build a house. Worshipping the moon is also customary, as is ceremonially sacrificing fruit to the moon. Women also stand in the moonlight in the desperate and deluded hope that they’ll get pregnant. The festival is a time for family members to gather together and enjoy the family harmony.
And on the Mid-autumn night family members and friends gather to admire the full moon while eating their moon cakes under the beautiful moon.