It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month (chinese calendar); sometimes called the Lantern Festival - also a time where the moon is at its fullest & roundest. People celebrate this day with eating mooncakes (with chinese tea) and pomeloes. The adults might be gathering around to admire the moon in the dark sky while the children play with candle-lit lanterns (now they have got many varieties on the battery-operated ones).The streets are usually decorated with lots of lanterns - sometimes shapes of various figures or even the chinese traditional 12 animals. There are several chinese legends behind this festival.
I'll be home 'celebrating' with my family, eating mooncakes with chinese tea ;) I prefer snow-skin to baked mooncakes. p/s: there are various flavours available.
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