there are certain traditions without which the Mid-Autumn Festival simply wouldn’t be the same. One of them has been around for centuries: writing riddles on the sides of lanterns for revellers ...

More than 2,500 hand-painted lanterns are lighting up one of Hong Kong’s traditional fishing areas in the run-up to the Mid-Autumn Festival, as Tai O village holds its annual Tai O Water Village ...

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When is the Mid-Autumn Festival? The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eight month in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.