Mooncake Festival

noun

variants or less commonly mooncake festival

plural Mooncake Festivals also mooncake festivals

: an autumn harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture and various other East and Southeast Asian cultures : mid-autumn festival

Like seasonal beverages on a Starbucks menu signifying the start of the holidays, … mooncakes are a beacon of Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival.

—Hannah Leung

Also known as the Mooncake Festival, this celebration's hallmark tradition is making and sharing these round-shaped treats formed from lotus [seed] paste with an egg yolk center that symbolize unity and completeness.

—Meghan Gunn

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, occurs on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar—roughly corresponding to mid-September in the solar calendar—when the moon is at its brightest and fullest size.

—Aaron Barrow

Perth's Chinese community is getting ready to celebrate the annual mooncake festival.

—Rachel Clark

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above