<div dir="ltr">Hey guys and girls!<div>Sorry I'm a bit late, but...</div><div><font size="6"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,153,0)">HAPPY AUTUMN FESTIVAL!</b></font></div><div><img src="cid:ii_1413cf7a7e71409d" alt="Inline image 1" width="540" height="404"></div>
<div>Also known as:</div><div><b>Mid-Autumn Festival (China, Taiwan, HK)</b></div><div><b>Chuseok (Korea)</b></div><div><b>Lantern Festival (Singapore, Malaysia)</b></div><div><b>Reunion Festival (China, Taiwan)</b></div>
<div><b>Mooncake Festival (China, Taiwan, HK, Philippines)</b></div><div><b>Tet Trung Thu (Vietnam)</b></div><div><b>Children's Festival (Vietnam)</b></div><div><b>Tsukimi (Japan)</b><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>
Although the exact dates vary from country to country, it can be said that most Asian countries celebrate their Autumn harvests with a fun festival of some sort. If you think about this holiday from a Western perspective, you can say that the Autumn Festival is the Eastern equivalent of American Thanksgiving. </div>
<div><br></div><div>During this time of the year, families reunite and gather to celebrate a successful harvest and gaze at the full moon. Nowadays, it is popular to eat moon cake (shown above) and have a family barbeque.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope you take some time this weekend to contact your family and wish them a happy Autumn Festival even though you are away!</div><div><br></div><div>EAT SOME MOON CAKES,</div><div>your awesome AAA cultural chair <3</div>
<div><br></div><div>P.S. Did you know that the Han Chinese concealed messages within traditional mooncakes to spread the command to rebel against the Mongol rulers on Mid-Autumn Day at the end of the Yuan Dynasty?</div><div>
<br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Kristen Wu<div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Class of 2016</div><div><br></div></div>
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