Mid -Autumn Festival 2025

The Mid -Autumn Festival takes place on the full moon day of August, the brightest and most beautiful moon of the year. In 2025, the Mid -Autumn Festival fell on Monday, October 6 of the calendar. The Mid -Autumn Festival also has other names such as the Moon, Children's Day and New Year New Year, which takes place on the full moon of the August of the lunar calendar every year. This is the brightest and most beautiful moon of the year, and is one of the important full moon days in Vietnamese culture and beliefs. This year, the Mid -Autumn Festival falls on Monday, October 6 of the solar calendar. Unlike many years ago, the Mid -Autumn Festival 2025 came quite late according to the solar calendar (taking place in early October). At this time, the weather was noticeably autumn, the day was sunny, cool at night, suitable for organizing outdoor play activities. In particular, the autumn moonlight is also clearer and brighter, promising to bring a colorful and vibrant Mid -Autumn Festival. Typically, Vietnamese families will organize activities and events to welcome the Mid -Autumn Festival a few days in advance. This year, the Mid -Autumn Festival fell on the first day of the week (Monday), so people also chose the full moon in August from the next day (Saturday, Sunday), or October 4, October 5. On the occasion of the Mid -Autumn Festival, besides traditional activities within the family, village such as displaying tray, lion dance, procession of lights, breaking the deck or singing the army drum ..., many localities - especially big cities such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City also organize more scale events. Typically, lanterns, Mid -Autumn Market, Lion - Su - Dragon Dance Festival are unique, attracting a large number of people and tourists. Origin of Mid -Autumn Festival According to the ancient legend, the Mid -Autumn Festival began from the Dynasty of Tang Dynasty, the Du Ton King, the Van Minh dating. That year on the full moon night of August, when playing out of the city, the king met a fairy in the shape of a silver -headed old man. The fairy created a rainbow, one head of the moon, one end of the ground. The king climbed up the rainbow to the moon. Returning to earth, nostalgic moon, the king set out the Mid -Autumn Festival. According to archaeologists, the Mid -Autumn Festival in Vietnam has been in ancient times, printed on the surface of Ngoc Lu bronze drum. According to the epitaph of Doi Pagoda in 1121, from the Ly dynasty, the Mid -Autumn Festival was officially held in Thang Long. By the Le - Trinh period, the Mid -Autumn Festival was held extremely lavish in the Lord. Meaningful Mid -Autumn Festival Although no one knows that the Mid -Autumn Festival in Vietnam has ever been self -made, there is no history to say about the origin of this holiday, but from the past until now, this has become a special traditional holiday for many Vietnamese families. The Mid -Autumn Festival is also considered as a holiday of friendship and also "Children's New Year". Depending on the locality and region, the customs of the Mid -Autumn Festival of Vietnamese people across the country are also very diverse. However, most activities are aimed at children. On this occasion, children have fun to pick up lights, break the moon, dance, play, sing drums ... And adults take advantage of rest, family gatherings, sending affection through baked goods, flexible cakes or green tea cups, and chatting in the moonlight together. The full moon image symbolizes union members, prosperous, is also a reminder of the tradition of cohesion in every Vietnamese family.