Traditions you may not know about Mid-Autumn Festival in China
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Families reunite before the moon at Mid-Autumn Festival. (Photo: VCG)

People put out offerings to worship the "god of the moon" during Mid-Autumn Festival.

Watching the tide is a grand event during Mid-Autumn Festival.

People make colorful lanterns to decorate the beautiful night during Mid-Autumn Festival.

People express the joy of harvest in autumn by burning small pagodas.

Children like to play with clay rabbits at Mid-Autumn Festival.

A quiet night is suitable for women and girls to steal vegetables.

People eat fat river snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Osmanthus-flavored wine is a gift in autumn.

A reunion dinner at Mid-Autumn Festival draws the family together.