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What is the Moon Festival? A scholar of Chinese religions explains

  • Written by Mario Poceski, Professor of Buddhist Studies and Chinese Religions, University of Florida
imageA popular delicacy eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival is the mooncake.Xvision/Moment via Getty Images

With the arrival of September and hints of cooler temperatures also comes one of most important traditional festivals in the Chinese calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Zhongqiu jie (中秋節), also known as the Moon Festival.

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