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Mid-Autumn festival, also known as the mooncake festival is celebrated by the Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese. It is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, which is in September or early October of the Gregorian calendar. This festival is celebrated with the eating of mooncakes, pomelos, carrying of lanterns, drinking tea and appreciating the moon. The Chinese started celebrating this festival as early as the Shang dynasty, the first dynasty in China. It typically associated with the reunion of the entire family as everyone gather together to enjoy mooncakes. In China, it is also one of the more important events in the country, besides Chinese New Year, as farmers come together to celebrate the end of the fall harvesting season on this date. Regionally, there are also various customs which people adhere to. Typically, there would be people carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers and floating sky lanterns. Some people in other countries would also collect dandelion leaves and distribute them evenly among family members. In Taiwan, there is also a unique way of celebrating Mid-Autumn festival since the 1980s. The Taiwanese would barbeque meat outdoors as a form of celebration.
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