BEIJING, Sept. 13 -- Five rabbits of different sizes sit around in a circle, surrounding a full moon. This is a set of dough sculptures that has just come out of the oven for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"I have received many orders for this set of dough sculptures on this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and they are so popular that I have to work extra hours," said Qiu Xia, 40, a dough sculptor in the city of Bayannur, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The rabbit sculptures are related to the traditional moon worshipping custom. According to Chinese legend, Chang'e, the "Moon Lady" who took a potion and floated into the sky, eventually landing on the Moon, where she became a goddess accompanied by a jade rabbit.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of August on lunar Chinese calendar, fell on Friday this year. During the festival, people usually hold family gatherings, eat moon cakes, admire the moon, and celebrate good harvests.
Across China, people have observed the festival with a variety of activities, including performances, poetry recital, calligraphy exhibitions, and music shows, to preserve fine traditional culture and promote virtues such as patriotism and dedication.
In the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, hundreds of residents, migrant workers and soldiers participated in a one-hour arts performance on Haifeng Square. Residents sang a song which they wrote themselves based on the changes of the city.
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