Children show paper lanterns they made to mark the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at a class in a kindergarten in Changxing County, Huzhou City in East China’s Zhejiang Province, on Thursday. The second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It falls on Saturday this year. Chinese people celebrate it by gathering for dinners, worshiping the moon, lighting paper lanterns, and eating mooncakes.Xinhua |