Bab 188: ARRIVING AT B CITY

THE Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated in many East Asian communities.  In Country Z, it's a reunion time for families, much like Thanksgiving.  It's also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival.  It traditionally fell on the 15th day of eight month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which was September or early October in the Gregorian calendar.

This year, it fell on the 13th of September.

The Mid-Autumn Festival was the second most important festival in Country Z after Chinese New Year.  It's often celebrated by gathering for dinner and lighting paper lanterns.  There were also a lot of places one could visit together with their family during this time.  There were parks where one could view the moon more clearly.  One could also visit temples.  There were even places that had a lantern festival where people could watch beautiful lanterns being paraded.