Mid-Autumn Fstival Th 15th day of th 8th lunar month Th joyous Mid-Autumn Fstival was clbratd on th fiftnth day of th ighth moon， around th tim of th autumn quinox（秋分）。 Many rfrrd to it simply as th Fiftnth of th ighth Moon.This day was also considrd as a harvst fstival sinc fruits， vgtabls and grain had bn harvstd by this tim and food was abundant. Food offrings wr placd on an altar st up in th courtyard. Appls， pars， pachs， graps， pomgranats（石榴）， mlons， orangs and pomlos（柚子） might b sn. Spcial foods for th fstival includd moon caks， cookd taro（芋头）and watr caltrop（菱角）， a typ of watr chstnut rsmbling black buffalo horns. Som popl insistd that cookd taro b includd bcaus at th tim of cration， taro was th first food discovrd at night in th moonlight. Of all ths foods， it could not b omittd from th Mid-Autumn Fstival.l lov Mid-autumn Fstival vry much！