Japanese Tsukimi Festival

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Tsukimi (月見), (sometimes written as Otsukimi) literally moon-viewing, refers to Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon. The celebration of the full moon typically takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the traditional Japanese lunisolar calendar; the waxing moon is celebrated on the 13th day of the ninth month. These days normally fall in September and October of the modern solar calendar.

The Tsukimi custom was originally borrowed from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. The tradition is now so popular in Japan that some people repeat the activities for several evenings following the appearance of the full moon during the eighth lunisolar month.

月見（つきみ）とは、満月など月を眺めて楽しむこと。観月（かんげつ）とも言う。
月見（お月見）とは、旧暦の8月15日と9月13日に月を鑑賞することである。前者の夜を「十五夜」、後者の夜を「十三夜」と呼ぶ。十五夜の月は、サトイモなどを供えることが多いため「芋名月」とも呼ばれる。一方、十三夜の月は、栗や豆を供えることが多いため「栗名月」又は「豆名月」とも呼ばれる。どちらか一方の月見だけをすることは、「片見月」として嫌われた。十五夜の月を鑑賞する習慣は中国から伝わったが、十三夜の月見は日本独特の風習であり、平安時代に貴族たちが集まって、月を見て詩歌を詠んだのが始まりといわれる。十五夜の月は「中秋の名月（ちゅうしゅうのめいげつ）」とも呼ばれる[1]。
十五夜のグレゴリオ暦（新暦）での該当日はこちらの対照表を参照。

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Korean Chuseok

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Chuseok, originally known as Hangawee (한가위) (from archaic Korean for "great middle"), is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Like many other harvest festivals, notably the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival[1], it is held around the Autumn Equinox. As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food.

추석(秋夕)은 한가위, 중추, 중추절, 가배일로 부르기도 하며, 음력 8월 15일에 치르는 명절로서 설날 다음으로 한국인에게 전통적으로 깊은 뜻을 지니고 있는 한국의 전통적인 명절이다. 가을 추수를 끝내고 햅쌀과 햇과일로 조상들께 감사의 마음으로 차례를 지내며, 특히 송편은 추석에 먹는 별미로 들 수 있다. 추석에는 고향을 방문하는 전통이 있다. 이때문에 전국민의 75%가 고향을 방문하여 추석이 되면 전국의 고속도로가 정체되고 열차표가 매진되는데, 이러한 현상을 '민족대이동'이라 부르기도 한다.
대한민국에서는 추석 전날과 다음날까지 3일이 공휴일이다. 단, 일요일이 연휴와 겹치더라도 공휴일이 연장되지 않는다.

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Mid Autumn Day 中秋节

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The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, or in Chinese, Zhongqiu Jie (traditional Chinese: 中秋節), is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people, Japanese people (Tsukimi festival in Japanese), Koreans (Chuseok festival in Korean), and Vietnamese people (even though they celebrate it differently), dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. It was first called Zhongqiu Jie (literally "Mid-Autumn Festival") in the Zhou Dynasty. In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around late September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumn and spring Equinoxes of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest.

中秋节起源于中国，是东亚民间的一个传统节日，为每年农历的八月十五。中秋节不单单是华人的节日，受中华文化的影响，中秋节也是日本、越南、朝鲜半岛等地的传统节日。
按照中国的农历，八月为秋季的第二个月，古时称为仲秋，因此民间称为中秋，又称秋夕、八月节、八月半、月夕、月节，又因为这一天月亮满圆，象征团圆，又称为团圆节。

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Tanabata Festival

Tanabata Festival

Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

Dragon Boat Festival 端午节