Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn Festival has had customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are fewer clouds and more fog, and the moonlight is bright and bright. In addition to a series of activities such as enjoying the moon, offering sacrifices to the moon, eating moon cakes and wishing for reunion, there are activities such as dancing grass dragons and building stupas in some places.

Today, eating moon cakes has become an essential custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. In addition to moon cakes, all kinds of seasonal fresh fruits and dried fruits are also delicious in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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In some places in Guangdong, there is an interesting traditional custom of Mid-Autumn Festival, which is called "Tree Mid-Autumn Festival". The tree is also vertical, which means that the lamp stands high, so it is also called "vertical Mid-Autumn Festival". With the help of their parents, children make rabbit lanterns, carambola lanterns or square lanterns out of bamboo paper, hang them horizontally on short poles and then stand on high poles. They are high-tech and colorful, adding another scenery to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Children often compete with each other to see who stands tall, much taller and has the most exquisite lighting. In addition, there are sky lanterns, that is, Kongming lanterns, which are made of paper and tied into large lanterns. Burning candles under the lamp, the hot air rises, making the lamp fly in the air, making people laugh and chase.

In addition, there are children carrying all kinds of lanterns to enjoy in the lower reaches of the moon. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, every household should tie lanterns with bamboo sticks, and there are all kinds of costumes on the lanterns, such as fish dragon lanterns, bird and beast lanterns, flower and fruit lanterns and so on. You can also make lanterns like "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival".

At night, candles are lit in the lights, and many small lights, colorful flags and silver bells are connected below. They are tied to bamboo poles with ropes and stand high on tile eaves or balconies, or made into glyphs or various shapes with small lights and hung on high places in the home, such as platforms, roofs or tall trees. At night, the lights in the city are like stars, competing with the bright moon in the sky to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.