Mid Autumn Festival 2017 Malaysia
However sometimes if the official day is followed by a sunday it becomes 2 days.
Mid autumn festival 2017 malaysia. Festival october 3 2017 mid autumn festival or 中秋节 is also known as lantern festival or mooncake festival in malaysia. The mid autumn festival simplified chinese.
For the chinese community this is a beloved cultural heritage that manifests with delightful lantern parades mooncakes sold in every corner along with a bright and round moon that beckons loved ones near and far to come together. On saturday 14 september most schools are open and on 15 sept sunday schools are closed. In 2020 the mid autumn festival will fall on october 1st thursday.
The festival is celebrated with complete enthusiasm and is also known to draw near and dear ones together and all kinds of companies. Made of iridescent cellophane paper these are lanterns for the mid autumn festival celebration a candle lit companion as chinese families admire the bright full moon and savour wedges of mooncakes. It is the same day as china national day.
Malaysia mid autumn festival is a chinese traditional ceremony where the custom of eating mooncakes enjoying the bright full moon and taking part in the lantern parade is known to be followed by the people. In 2019 mid autumn official holiday is on 13 september a friday. Schools are closed only for 1 day for mid autumn festival.
There are the mooncake sections in the shopping malls. Mid autumn festival celebrated in kuala lumpur malaysia xinhua 2017 10 05 13 50 people celebrate the mid autumn festival in kuala lumpur capital of malaysia oct 4 2017 photo xinhua. In malaysia the chinese have long had the customs of eating mooncakes enjoying the bright full moon and taking part in the lantern parade during the mid autumn festival when the festival draws near old and famous companies sell all kinds of mooncakes.
Thean hou temple is located in kuala lumpur which is a chinese style temple that matsu is enshrined and a landmark in malaysia. Visit thean hou temple. In malaysia the chinese have long had the customs of eating mooncakes enjoying the bright full moon and taking part in the lantern parade during the mid autumn festival when the festival draws near old and famous companies sell all kinds of mooncakes.
During mid autumn festival in malaysia they play dragon dance and lion dance on the streets to celebrate the festival and to wish people well.