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TheMid-AutumnFestival,alsoknownastheMoonFestival,isapopularharvestfestivalcelebratedbyChinesepeopleandVietnamesepeople(eventhoughtheycelebrateitdifferently),datingbackover3,000yearstomoonworshipinChina'sShangDynasty.ItwasfirstcalledZhongqiuJieinZhouDynasty.InMalaysiaandSingapore,itisalsosometimesreferredtoastheLanternFestivalorMooncakeFestival.

LegendaboutMid-AutumnFestival

Itissaidthattheearthoncehadtensunscirclingoverit,eachtakingturntoilluminatetheearth.Oneday,however,alltensunsappearedtogether,scorchingtheearthwiththeirheat.Houyi，astrongandtyrannicalarcher,savedtheearthbyshootingdownnineofthesuns.HeeventuallybecameKing,butgrewtobecomeadespot.

Oneday,Houyistoletheelixir(xiāndān仙丹)fromagoddess.However,hisbeautifulwife,Chang'e(嫦娥),drankitsoastosavethepeoplefromherhusband’styrannicalrule.Afterdrinkingit,shefoundherselffloating,andflewtothemoon.Houyilovedhisdivinelybeautifulwifesomuch,hedidnotshootdownthemoon.Chang'eflewtothemoongrabbingarabbittokeephercompany.SotheChinesesaythatifyoulookupatthemoontothisdayyoucansometimesseearabbitmakingmooncakes.