The Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose is hosting a Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Sept. 10 to explore the Chinese and Vietnamese customs of celebrating and giving thanks to the moon and the harvest season. (Courtesy photo)
Museum Moon Festival
The Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose is hosting a Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Sept. 10 to explore the Chinese and Vietnamese customs of celebrating and giving thanks to the moon and the harvest season.
In many parts of Asia, it’s common during a Mid-Autumn Moon Festival to honor and worship the moon, the people who work the land and the food that is cultivated. The festivals coincide with the full moon on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
Festival attendees can make clay mooncakes, watch lion dance performances by Yun Yee Tong USA at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and stop by the museum’s theater to learn more about the holiday and listen and dance to traditional music.
The festival is set for 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the museum, 180 Woz Way. For more information, visit https://www.cdm.org/celebrate/community-celebrations/mid-autumn-moon-festival.
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Originally published at Anne Gelhaus