Mid-Autumn Festival The 15th day of the 8th lunar month The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon， around the time of the autumn equinox(秋分)。 Many referred to it simply as the "Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon".（中秋節在農歷八月十五日中秋節歡樂的慶祝在正月十五第八月亮,秋分前後(秋分)。它只是許多稱為“十五第八月亮”。）
This day was also considered as a harvest festival since fruits， vegetables and grain had been harvested by this time and food was abundant. Food offerings were placed on an altar set up in the courtyard. Apples， pears， peaches， grapes， pomegranates(石榴)， melons， oranges and pomelos(柚子) might be seen. Special foods for the festival included moon cakes， cooked taro(芋頭)and water caltrope(菱角)， a type of water chestnut resembling black buffalo horns. Some people insisted that cooked taro be included because at the time of creation， taro was the first food discovered at night in the moonlight. Of all these foods， it could not be omitted from the Mid-Autumn Festival.
這壹天也被認為是壹個慶祝豐收的節日因為水果、蔬菜和谷物已經被這壹次收獲和食物是充足的。各種食物放在祭壇設置在院子裏。蘋果,梨,桃子,葡萄,石榴(石榴),西瓜,橘子和柚子(柚子)可能會看到。這個節日的特殊食物包括月餅,芋頭(芋頭)和水caltrope(菱角),壹種馬蹄類似黑野牛的角。有些人堅持認為,芋頭包含因為在創建的時候,芋頭是第壹個被發現的食物在晚上在月光下。所有這些食物,它從中秋節不能省略。