Mid-Autumn Festival - zhong-qiu-jie

Japanese: 中秋節 - ちゅうしゅうせつ（英語表記）zhong-qiu-jie

A Chinese custom of admiring the full moon on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Mooncakes, melons, and fruits are offered to the moon in the garden, and people enjoy offering edamame and cockscomb flowers. Among merchants and industrialists, it is one of the three major trading settlement periods, along with the Dragon Boat Festival and New Year's gift-giving, and has been widely practiced by the general public since the Tang Dynasty. It is almost the same custom as the Japanese moon-viewing on the 15th night of the 8th lunar month, and has also influenced Korea and Vietnam.

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Japanese:

陰暦8月 15日に名月を賞する中国の習俗。月餅 (げっぺい) や瓜，果物を庭に並べて月に供え，枝豆や鶏頭花を捧げたりして楽しむ。商工業者の間では，端午節，歳暮と並ぶ三大取引決済期の一つであり，唐代以後広く民間に行われた。日本の旧暦八月十五夜の月見とほぼ同じ習俗であり，朝鮮やベトナムにも影響が及んでいる。

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