The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Chinese New Year and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the fall harvesting season on this date. Traditionally on this day,Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomelos under the moon together.
I was able to acquire 4 tickets for this occasion in our area. Thus around 7:00 pm, we went in Sengkang Sculpture Park (just walking distance from our place) to join the celebration. There were some shows, stalls selling toys, food, etc.., lightning of lanterns as well as some firecrackers. Those with tickets where given a goodie bag which contain food/snacks, lantern, and some toys for the kids.
Thus begun the celebration,
Lighting of the firecracker,
