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Contents 1 Barbecues and pomelo rinds 2 Calcuation of date 3 Mid-autumn festival and lantern festival 4 Vietnam 5 Japan and Tsukimi redirect 6 copy/pasted? 7 Vietnam and "Tết Trung Thu" redirect 8 Problem with the categories and languages

[edit] Barbecues and pomelo rinds

"It is also common to have barbecues outside under the moon, and to put pomelo rinds on one's head." This statement does not seem to have any culture or historical reference. The word "common" seems to overly generalize this practice over all cultures that have this festival. I think this statement should be removed until a reference can be identified to support this practice as "common" or at least narrowed down it to specific culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.102.214.84 (talk) 15:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Calcuation of date

How is the date of Mid-Autumn Festival Calculated? --Eraticus 01:09, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

The fifteenth day of the month eight in Chinese calendar.
The rule of Chinese calendar is not complex, but unlike Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar is not based on some "definited" rules, but based on the movement of astronomical objects (Sun, Earth and Moon), for example, the calendar requires months should begin on the new moon day. So it is difficult to calculate from scratch unless you are an astronomical professor. — Yaohua2000 01:20, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mid-autumn festival and lantern festival

I am from Taiwan. I don't think Mid-autumn festival is also called Lantern festival. Mid-autumn festival: 15th day of month eight Lantern festival: 15th day of month one

Hi. Will remove the Taiwan reference - but do note that you can easily make changes as you deem fit. There are most certainly things that you know more about than others outside of Taiwan! And don't forget to sign out with four tildes.

Will also place a {fact} tag on the reference to Hong Kong - HKers who are more knowledgeable can make the necessary modifications.202.20.5.206 08:46, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I am from Hong Kong. I agreed with the Taiwanese. Lantern Festival is mid-January in Lunar New Year. It is different from Mooncake Festival. I can't update the page, please update the info as soon as possible. 9 October, 2006. 10.30am (PST)

Done. 202.20.5.206 21:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Singaporeans sometimes call it "Mooncake festival" in very informal settings too, so is that worthy for mention?--Huaiwei 09:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vietnam

A certain user has continued his habit of removing references of Vietnamese on several cultural pages, including this one recently in December. He removed reference of Vietnam at the top of the page where reference of other nations who practice this holiday (such as Korea, etc.) are mentioned, and then he removed the little blurb about the Vietnamese variation, for quite obviously absolutely no reason. I've just re-added it. Chenlomo 03:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japan and Tsukimi redirect

I posted this on the Tsukimi redirect page and thought I'd post it here too to see if anyone disagrees: I feel that tsukimi is sufficiently different from the Mid-Autumn festival that it deserves its own article. Tsukimi is more related to Japanese appreciation of nature like the tradition of cherry blossom / autumn foliage viewing. I'd like to make a Tsukimi article (noting the relation to Mid-Autumn festival) if there are no objections Notnotchris 22:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I would a gree that Tsukimi, as a cultural custom, is sufficiently different to warrant a separate page--else, this page should be moved to Moon Festival and have a section on how the Moon Festival is realized in various contemporary Asian cultures. mitcho/芳貴 07:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] copy/pasted?

large parts of this article appear to be copied from other parts of the web. http://www.chinatown.com.au/eng/article.asp?masterid=155&articleid=736 take a look, try to fix it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.231.33.202 (talk) 23:50, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vietnam and "Tết Trung Thu" redirect

I would like to write the new page "Tết Trung Thu" but it was already redirect. I have a lot of information enough to write such a new page not only a part of Mid-autumn Festival page. So I suggest we should change the "Tết Trung Thu" redirect. Neweco 00:41, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with the categories and languages

I don't have time to fix this but I noticed that during an edit, someone accidentally deleted the other-language Wiki links, and the categories. Thanks --Dpr 21:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Fixed it. Some IP decided to take out all the refs, foreign wiki links and cats. bibliomaniac15 21:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC)