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The Mid-Autumn festival 　　The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar. The Mid-Autumn day is a traditional festival in China.At this time, the moon is at its fullest and brightest. Inspired by this rare, beautiful moonlight, People express the best wishes of family reunion and the name “Reunion Festival” is also used. A saying goes, The moon in your hometown is almost always the brightest and roundest. May 20, 2006, the festival with the approval of the state council listed in the first national nonmaterial cultural heritage list * The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival Hou Yi shooting sun According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9of the suns * The Moon Fairy Lady-Chang Er One day, Hou Yi stole the elixir of life from a goddess. However his beautiful wife Chang Er drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husbands tyrannical rule. After drinking it, she found herself floating and flew to the moon. Hou Yi loved his divinely beautiful wife so much, he didnt shoot down the moon. * The Hare - Jade Rabbit In this legend, three fairy sages transformed themselves into pitiful old men and begged for something to eat from a fox, a monkey and a rabbit. The fox and the monkey both had food to give to the old men, but the rabbit, empty-handed, offered his own flesh instead, jumping into a blazing fire to cook himself. The sages were so touched by the rabbits sacrifice that they let him live in the Moon Palace where he became the “Jade Rabbit” * The Wood Cutter-Wu Kang Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time. One day he decided that he wanted to be an immortal, so he went to live in the mountains where he importuned an immortal