Autumn is one of the festival's most anticipated in Vietnam and many other Asian countries because of the special similarities in culture. However tradition and meaning of the Autumn holidays in each country is different.

Japan
Japan also welcomed the Mid-Autumn festival on October 15/8 lunar and called Otsukimi (Moon Viewing Festival). The country was held at sunrise from over 1000 last year, Otsukimi honoring the moon in autumn, Best time of the full moon.

If the Vietnamese that banyan tree moon, notes Cuội, Chang'e, the Japanese are rabbit pearl. Therefore moon cake Tsukimi Dango Japanese are often shaped jade rabbit and are stacked in form tower.

At this festival, Japanese people often organize stargazing at those who can see the full moon, The most clear and eat traditional dishes. People who present a cake big wheels, to eve watching the moon just to be able to taste.

Special, Japanese children's lantern parade in the Assembly bonus carp moon. Child would have lights carp since the womb because the carp symbolizes courage, especially for boys.

Thailand

Thailand is called the Mid-Autumn Festival ” Moon ceremony”, and also organizes day 15.8 lunar year. In this occasion, across the country Thailand, one hair moon worship ceremony. Everyone will be sitting around the altar to pray the good.

Traditionally Thai, besides mooncakes, pomelo fruit is indispensable in the traditional feast by Thais believe that grapefruit symbolizing fullness, gather.

Korea

Mid-Autumn Festival in “Asians” called Chuseok festival (Thanksgiving) this is celebration and thanksgiving bumper ancestors of Koreans. In this occasion, those who go away are returning to their homeland to reunite and enjoy the traditional dishes such as bread songpyeon (rice cakes with crescent) and drink sindoju.

In this occasion, people nationwide will function deck to ancestors, and special, only new guy coming soon. A feast is usually quite picky, divided 5 donate: cake songpyeon, beef broth and wine, steamed fish, candle , candy and fruit.

Autumn is also the chance to go ancestral graves of Koreans. They used to visit ancestral tomb, clearing weeds and clean the area around the grave, then offered food, Traditional drinks to ancestors.

Cambodia

Unlike many other Asian countries, Cambodians do not celebrate Mid-Autumn in May 8 Lunar which performed in mid-May 12 according to the country's Buddhist calendar. This festival is called “Moon cult weather”, ie 'invocation moon festival” to pray blessing to everyone. When the moon just rising from the trees, its people will worship the moon with all his sincerity.

Moon offerings include fresh flowers, cassava soup, flat rice, sugarcane juice. After finishing lunar cult, people will get flattened rice stuffed into the mouth childish, inserted until it could not hold any more new severance. Because Cambodia share the perception that doing so will demand for small children are eating abundance, prosperous life, Consummation later.
China

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival to be held on 15/8 and called many names like Autumn weather, Bat Moon Details, Bat Crescent Society, Nguyet more… The Chinese very seriously reunion, members of the family during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They usually hold the fire dragon dance to pray for good fortune, prosperous.

Pies and cakes two cakes plasticity is indispensable in the Mid-Autumn feast of Chinese. Often circular cake symbolizes reunion, fullness.
Source: Internet