Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated notably by the Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night, corresponding to late September to early October of the Gregorian calendar with a full moon at night. Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet bean paste or lotus seed paste are traditionally eaten during the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known by other names, such as: The festival celebrates three fundamental concepts that are closely connected: Traditions and myths surrounding
Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake folk music with the Guangdong style for which he is most famous for. A piano transcription was written by Chen Peixun and is popular in the repertoire of many Chinese pianists. Du, Yaxiong. "Traditional Music Composers", article in Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture p. 843, edited by Edward L Davis, Routledge 2005. Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake (平湖秋月) is a Chinese folk song that was written by Lü Wencheng in the 1930s and is considered his most representative piece. He composed the music on a visit to the famous West Lake in Hangzhou,