Mid-autumn festival in China
The moon shines behind the Lanterns at the Wonderland Mid- Autumn festival at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Sept. 8, 2014.
Mid-Autumn festival takes place on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, on which the moon is at its brightest and roundest.
Beijing
People pray during the Mid-Autumn festival at Lama Temple in Beijing, Sept. 8,2014. As a traditional custom, thousands of Chinese people head to temples to offer prayers during the festival in Beijing.
Beijing
People pray during the Mid-Autumn festival at Lama Temple in Beijing, Sept. 8,2014. As a traditional custom, thousands of Chinese people head to temples to offer prayers during the festival in Beijing.
Kunming
A breeder feeds a moon cake to a giant panda at a zoo in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, Sept. 4, 2014. Moon cake is the traditional food for Chinese people during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 8 this year.
Beijing
A woman holds a bunch of burning incense sticks and artificial flower during the Mid-Autumn festival at Lama Temple in Beijing, Sept. 8,2014. As a traditional custom, thousands of Chinese people head to temples to offer prayers during the festival in Beijing.
Hong Kong
Residents of Tai Hang perform the Fire Dragon Dance to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Tai Hang area in Hong Kong, China, Sept. 8, 2014.
In the 19th century the people in the village of Tai Hang miraculously stopped a plague with a fire dragon dance. It has become a annual tradition, where up to 300 performers dance the fire dragon, which is made up of 72,000 sticks of burning incense and a 67-meter-long dragon through the narrow streets of Tai Hang.
Malaysia
A couple with lanterns wait for the sun to set at the mid-Autumn festival at the Thean Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sept. 8, 2014.
Hong Kong
A woman walks past the lantern during lantern festival as part of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Sept. 8, 2014 in Hong Kong, China. Mid-Autumn festival takes place on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, on which the moon is at its brightest and roundest.
Hong Kong
Residents celebrate the lantern festival as part of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, on Sept. 8, 2014.
Hong Kong
Visitors stand in front of an installation in the shape of building blocks during an event celebrating Mid-Autumn or Lantern Festival at Hong Kong's Victoria Park, Sept. 8, 2014.
Hong Kong
Residents celebrate the lantern festival as part of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, September 8, 2014.
Nanjing
A dancer performs on the gaily painted pleasure-boat at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, China, Sept. 8, 2014.
Yichuan
People launch Kongming lanterns in celebration of the Mid-autumn Festival on September 7, 2014 in Yichun, Jiangxi Province, China. These lanterns were launched to celebrate China's upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival on September 8.
Malaysia
Girls dressed in traditional Chinese costumes take part at the mid-Autumn festival at the Thean Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur Sept. 8, 2014.
Hong Kong
A couple hugs under the full moon during Mid-Autumn or Lantern Festival at a waterfront in Hong Kong, Sept. 8, 2014.