1. Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three Lantern Festival in China, and lanterns are played during the festival. Lantern playing in Mid-Autumn Festival is mostly concentrated in the south. There are all kinds of colored lights: sesame lamp, eggshell lamp, wood shavings lamp, straw lamp, fish scale lamp, chaff lamp, melon seed lamp and birds, animals and flowers lamp. In ancient Zhejiang, besides enjoying the moon, tide watching was another Mid-Autumn Festival activity.
2. Stealing onions and vegetables in Mid-Autumn Festival: According to legend, if an unmarried girl steals vegetables or onions from other vegetable gardens on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, it means that she will meet a Mr Right in the future. There is a saying in Taiwan Province Province that "steal onions and marry a good husband; Stealing vegetables and marrying a good husband "refers to this custom."
Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of family reunion in a year. On this day, the whole family get together, enjoy the moon in Yue Bai, eat moon cakes and share their fun in life, work and study. In ancient China, the customs of Mid-Autumn Festival were varied, which were valued by the royal family, entertained by the people, and had strong local characteristics.