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The Mid-Autumn Festival or Mooncake Festival is celebrated among Chinese and Vietnamese by giving mooncakes to friends and neighbors[/caption]
One of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese is the Mooncake Festival, alternately called Mid-Autumn Festival or Lantern Festival. Celebrated this year on September 15, the custom dates back over 3,500 years and was held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar.