Mid-Autumn Festival is here! It is one of China's seven national holidays and one of my favorites. Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu Jie) celebrates the harvest season and the legend of the moon goddess, Chang'e. As the story goes, Chang'e drank the elixir of immortality and flew to the moon, where she lives to this day with her pet, the Jade Rabbit. Her husband, Houyi, who saved the people from the brutal heat of the 10 suns, began offering cakes and fruits to Chang'e after she became stuck on the moon, and then many people who admired Chang'e and Houyi started to do the same.
