{"id":3576,"date":"2017-10-14T06:45:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T06:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2022-11-30T03:12:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T03:12:14","slug":"mid-autumn-fun-at-asia-divers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/mid-autumn-fun-at-asia-divers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid autumn fun at Asia Divers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/oct17b5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3577\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/oct17b5-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"oct17b5\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mid-Autumn dinner with <strong>Andy, Qun<\/strong> and all of their students. We\u2019ve had a very busy week here with folks celebrating the Chinese Mid-Autumn. So here\u2019s a few fact for you folks that might not know what this holiday is all about:<\/p>\n<p>Why Mid-Autumn Is Celebrated at Month 8 Day 15? It&#8217;s Mid-Way Through the Third Season. The date of the Festival is the middle of the autumn season, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinahighlights.com\/travelguide\/guidebook\/chinese-calendar.htm\">Chinese calendar<\/a>. The third lunar season &#8220;autumn&#8221; is months 7\u20139. As the four seasons each have three (29 or 30 day) months on China&#8217;s traditional calendars, day 15 of month 8 is &#8220;the middle of autumn&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the Full Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the 15th of the each lunar month, the moon is at its roundest and brightest, symbolizing togetherness and reunion in Chinese culture. 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