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Alternative names[edit]

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known by other names, such as:

• Moon Festival or Harvest Moon Festival, because of the celebration's association with the full moon on this night, as well as the traditions of moon worship and moon gazing.
• Mooncake Festival, because of the popular tradition of eating mooncakes on this occasion.
• Jūng-chāu Jit (中秋節), official name in Cantonese Chinese.
• Tết Trung Thu, official name in Vietnamese.
• Zhōngqiū Jié (中秋節), the official name in Mandarin Chinese.
• Lantern Festival, a term sometimes used in Singapore and Malaysia, which is not to be confused with the Lantern Festival in China that occurs on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese calendar.
• Reunion Festival, because in olden times, a woman in China would take the occasion to visit her parents before returning to celebrate with her husband and his parents.^[3]
• Children's Festival, in Vietnam, because of the emphasis on the celebration of children.^[4]