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The Mid-Autumn Festival in Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Korea

Malaysia

A woman hangs a lantern during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In Malaysia, the Chinese has long had the customs to eat mooncakes, enjoy the bright full moon and take part in the lantern parade. When the festival draws near, Old and famous companies would sell all kinds of mooncakes. There would be the mooncake sections in the shopping malls in the urban area of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia; there would also be the advertisements of moon cake on the newspaper and TV. They together create the festival atmosphere and show people’s warm welcome to the coming festival. The celebrations in the communities of overseas Chinese in Kuala Lumpur are in full swing. In the lantern Carnival, there would be the dragon and lion dances; the floats carrying "Chang’e" and "seven maidens" cross among them; the artistes and youngsters sing and dance happily. Read more on Malaysia travel guide

Philippine

The Mid-Autumn Day is a big day for the overseas Chinese in Philippine. When it comes, the China Town in Manila, the capital of Philippine, would then be filled with an exciting and bustling atmosphere. There are activities held by overseas Chinese to celebrate the festival. It would last for two days. The main business blocks in the settlement of overseas Chinese is decorated with lanterns and streamers. The main crossings and the bridges to the Chinatown are fluttered with colorized streamers. All kinds of moon cakes are sold at many stores. Some of them are made by themselves, while the others are imported from China. There are celebrations including dragon dance parade, ethnic clothing parade, lanterns parade and float parade, which attract lots of people to gather and enjoy the festival. The happy and joyful festival atmosphere pervades the old China Town.

In the South Korea: Return to Hometown and Visit Relatives

The traditional snack eaten during Mid-Autumn Festival resembles Chinese dumpling.

The Mid-Autumn Day is also named "qiu xi" ("??" in Korean). It is also a tradition of Korean to present gifts to relatives and friends on this festival. Therefore, it is named "Thanksgiving Day" as well. On their holiday table, the festival is marked as "Thanksgiving Day" in English. The Mid-Autumn is a general festival in Korea, and there would be a three days' holiday. During these days, they would come back to their hometown to visit their relatives. Thus, it is the season for sale one month before the festival. The major companies would give big discounts to attract people to give gifts to each other. On this day, Korean would have a kind of traditional snack, which resembles the Chinese dumpling.