![]() Hence they took advantage of this date to create happiness for the children by buying lanterns, colourful masks, celebrating a traditional feast and letting their kids enjoy the lantern parade under the bright Full Moon. Coincidentally, the middle of the 8th Month in Lunar Calender is when the full moon is biggest in the year. After finishing the main work, they want to make up for this by spending a special date as a meaningful present for the children. It is celebrated after the summer harvest time by parents because they didn’t have time to take care of their kids thoroughly during harvesting. As its name in Vietnam, Children’s Festival, from a familiar lunar date that people mostly prepare for worship, this date is the emphasis on the celebration of children as a very special gift for them. Not only as a valuable tradition well-maintained throughout generations, but this festival is also a meaningful event to consolidate family interconnection by these following purposes: *** Special gift for children:Īlthough there are many fundamental concepts celebrated in the Mid-Autumn Festival, in Vietnam, this is the time for the children. Mid-Autumn Festival plays an essential role in Vietnamese people’s spiritual lives. What is the Mid Autumn Festival's meaning in Vietnam? On this special day, all the members of the family gather and prepare various sweets, fruit and they also prepare colourful lanterns and wear many funny masks. It is also the time that annual summer harvest time ends up, thus people call it as an East Asian harvest festival. Mid-Autumn Festival, like its name, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar, which falls into the middle of Autumn, corresponding to mid-September to early October in the Western Calendar with a full moon at night. When is the Mid Autumn Festival held in Vietnam? The festival has gained popularity during centuries and is well-maintained until now. It is said that this festival originated in the Red River Delta's Rice Civilization thousands of years ago. Like many other Asian countries, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam is also a traditional event to celebrate the biggest full-moon in the year, which follows the Lunar Calendar (Moon Calendar). What is the Mid Autumn Festival in Vietnam? If you’re planning a trip to Vietnam with the kids in the Autumn, this colourful festival will be a remarkable experience during your trip. Standing for Vietnam’s cultural beauty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the outstanding activities in many Vietnam Family Tours. Besides Lunar New Year Eve, the biggest holiday in the year, Mid-Autumn Festival (Tet Trung Thu in Vietnamese) is the second notable traditional celebration in Vietnam.
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