Festival Facts
This year (2025) the Mid Autumn Festival fell on this date (Gregorian calendar).
What is October 6th?
Families usually gather to share this traditional pastry.
What is a mooncake?
She is the Moon Goddess who lives on the moon.
Who is Chang’e?
This common red filling is made from a legume.
What is red bean paste?
This country celebrates Chuseok, their version of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
What is South Korea?
This phase of the moon appears on the day of the Mid Autumn Festival.
What is the full moon?
Children often carry these bright items during the evening.
What are lanterns?
This archer shot down 9 suns and is Chang’e’s husband.
Who is Hou Yi?
The round shape of a mooncake symbolizes this in Chinese culture.
What is unity or togetherness?
Tết Trung Thu, also called the Children’s Festival, features lion dances and mooncakes in this Southeast Asian country.
What is Vietnam?
The Mid Autumn festival is celebrated on this date of the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
In some regions, people light lanterns and float them on this.
What is water (rivers/lakes)?
This animal is said to live on the moon, pounding the elixir of life. (Your answer should include its color!)
What is the Jade Rabbit?
This salty surprise is sometimes found inside mooncakes.
What is salted egg yolk?
Tsukimi, a festival for admiring the harvest moon and eating rice dumplings (dango), takes place in this country.
What is Japan?
The holiday typically lasts this many days.
What is 3 days?
This type of performance may accompany public celebrations.
What is a dragon dance / lion dance?
This man was punished by the gods to eternally chop down a self-healing tree on the moon.
Who is Wu Gang?
The round shape of a mooncake symbolizes this in Chinese culture.
What is unity or togetherness?
This Southeast Asian country celebrates a similar festival known as the Moon Festival, accompanied with lion dances.
What is Malaysia?
These three Chinese characters directly translate to "Mid Autumn Festival."
What is 中秋节 (zhōngqiū jié)?
This traditional fruit, often round and symbolizing family unity, is commonly eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival in addition to mooncakes.
What is a pomelo?
This man was the thief who attempted to steal the elixir of immortality at Hou Yi's home.
Who is Peng Meng (蓬蒙)?
These characters are often stamped on the top of traditional mooncakes.
What are Chinese characters for harmony (和 ), or longevity (寿 )?
Loi Krathong and Yi Peng are twin festivals of lights, featuring floating lanterns and sky lanterns, in this country.
What is Thailand?