Mooncake Festival

Mooncake Festival is also known as

• Mid-Spring Festival

• Mid-Summer Festival

• Mid-Winter Festival

• Mid-Autumn Festival

What is the most popular food during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

• Duck

• Pumpkin

• Mooncake

• Taro

Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important festival in China, only after the Chinese New Year.

• True

• False

Besides China, Korea, and Japan no other Asian countries celebrate the Mooncake Festival.

• True

• False

According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, when is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

• 15th day of the 8th Chinese lunar month

• 15th day of the 9th Chinese lunar month

• 14th day of the 8th Chinese lunar month

• 14th day of the 9th Chinese lunar month

What is the shape of the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

• Half Moon

• Crescent Moon

• Full Moon

• New Moon

Mooncakes are made round to symbolize the full moon.

• True

• False

Which among the following activities are not done during Mid-Autumn Festival?

• Moon cake exchanges among friends, relatives, and neighbors

• Dragon dance

• Dice game

• None of the above

Making and hanging lanterns is also a custom of Mid-Autumn Festival, especially in southern China, where lighting up lanterns is a grand affair.

• True

• False

What materials do you need to play the dice game?

• Four dice and a bowl

• Four dice and a plate

• Six dice and a bowl

• Six dice and luck