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Is there a Chinese holiday celebrated in autumn?

The Chinese Moon Festival

The Chinese Moon (or Mid-Autumn) Festival is a time for family reunion, gazing at the moon, eating commemorative mooncakes, and telling moon legends. One of the legends says that Chang E, the Emperor's beautiful daughter, stole her husband's immortality pill and remorsefully escaped to the moon. If you look towards the moon, some say you can still see her today. In 2002, the Moon Festival will fall on September 21. The Moon Festival does not fall on the same day each year, because Chinese holidays are based on a lunar calendar.

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