People across China are celebrating the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on 17th September this year, in diverse ways.

In a report, China Central Television (CCTV) said that a well-preserved traditional custom, ‘burning a brick tower’, also a national intangible cultural heritage, has been staged in Ji’an City, east China’s Jiangxi Province. Every year, people from Jiaxi Village build a tower with bricks and tiles, filling it with straw, firewood, and tree leaves. They light a fire at the bottom of the tower, and flames pour out immediately, lighting up the sky.

Locals usually admire the moon and eat mooncakes while enjoying the fire to celebrate the festival.

“Every year, I return to my hometown to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the traditional way, which brings me a great sense of happiness,” said Zhan Danwen, a local villager.

For hundreds of years, picking fruits and vegetables has been one of the activities for Tujia ethnic people to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, with blessings fo
r a good harvest.

This year in Jianshi County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China’s Hubei Province, tourists joined locals in picking eggplants, chilli peppers, and corn in the garden, with torches lighting the night sky.

In Xinzhou city in north China’s Shanxi Province, the Mount Wutai Scenic Spot saw a surge in tourists from 22nd August to 7th September, an increase of 22 percent year on year.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a significant traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the night when the moon reaches its fullest and brightest on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

During the festival, family members come together, and share mooncakes while admiring the moon, and light lanterns to enjoy the happiness of a family reunion.

Source: Emirates News Agency