As people ready their lanterns and mooncakes in time for Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday, let’s take a look at the history, customs and symbolism of the moon festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is ...

From wolfing down too many mooncakes to rounding up your entire family to marvel at the full moon, there are certain traditions without which the Mid-Autumn Festival simply wouldn’t be the same.

When is the Mid-Autumn Festival? The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eight month in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.

People across Japan were treated to a full moon during the mid-autumn festival on Sept. 21 for the first time in eight years. The moon that rises on Aug. 15 on the lunar calendar, equivalent to Sept.

The festival is held to mark Mid-Autumn. Participants hand-write wishes onto the lanterns, most of them are about family and well-being, before launching them into the night sky. The festival ...