Leo Club of St.Michael's Institution

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Leo Club Of SMI would like to wish each and everyone .
HAPPY MOONCAKE FESTIVAL EVERYONE !
Stay healthy , wealthy and safe .


The Mid-Autumn Festival , also known as the Moon Festival, Zhongqiu Festival , or in Chinese, Zhongqiujie (tradisional chinese: 中秋節), or in Vietnamese "Tết Trung Thu", is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. It was first called Zhongqiu Jie in the Zhou Dynasty . In Malaysia , Singapore , and the Philipines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese Calendar, which is usually around late September or early October in the Gregorian Calendar. It is a date that parallels the Autumnal Equinox of the solar calendar , when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest.