The Mid-Autumn Festival, known by many names such as the Moon Festival, the Lotus Festival, or the Mid-Autumn Festival, is an important traditional festival that takes place on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month every year, i.e. August 15. This is a special occasion that is expected by the Vietnamese people and is held everywhere on the S-shaped strip of land.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a children's New Year's Day, also known as the "Moon Watching Festival". Children are looking forward to celebrating this Tet because they are often given toys by adults, usually star lamps, masks, army lights, water guns... then pies, cakes. On this Tet day, people organize a display and look at the moon. When the moon rises, children will dance and sing while watching the moon break. In some places, people also organize lion dances and lion dances for children to have fun to their heart's content.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival has become a holiday ritual with its own characteristics of wet rice civilization and Vietnamese culture. From rituals, offerings, cuisine... to games and toys of the Mid-Autumn Festival... are imprinted with wishes, desires, and desires originating from the indigenous culture. On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, from families to society, people carry out customs that have been preserved and passed down for generations.
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The soul of the Mid-Autumn tray is baked cakes and cakes, also known as moon cakes. A pair of pies, gummy cakes symbolize the two sides of yin and yang, in which the custard symbolizes the bright moon with a pure halo.
On the occasion of this Tet, adults drink tea, enjoy the moon and sing army drums; Children carry lanterns, go to see lion dances, dragon dances and have fun breaking the float with all kinds of fruits and sweets presented by their parents. Delicious cakes and pies imply wishing everything in life to be full and fulfilling.
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Going down the streets in Vietnam these days, everywhere is bustling with drums and laughter of young children. All kinds of colors from the toys. You can go to Hang Ma in Hanoi or Luong Nhu Hoc Lantern Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City to immerse yourself in this very special festival atmosphere in Vietnam.
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