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Unique customs of the Mid-autumn Festival

2013-09-12 14:57:00

(Chinaculture.org)

 

Southern Yangtze River valley

In Nanjing people will not only eat moon cakes; they will also eat another famous dish called Guihua Dark. This dish can only be cooked during the Mid-Autumn Day, because it is cooked with osmanthus flowers, which blossom in August.

In Wuxi, Jiangsu province, people like to burn joss sticks to celebrate the special festival. The burned joss sticks are wrapped in tulle with beautiful paintings of the Moon Palace or Chang'e.

In Ji'an county, Jiangxi province, peasants burn pottery jars with straws and vinegar so that the smell of the vinegar can spread all over the villages. In Xincheng county, people celebrate this festival by lighting oil lamps from the 11th day of the 8th lunar month to the 17th day.

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