The Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at Elder Park

The Mid-Autumn Festival known as the Moon Festival , is a popular East Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty . In Malaysia and Singapore, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or "Mooncake Festival."

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September), a date that parallels the Autumn Equinox of the solar calendar. This is the ideal time, when the moon is at its fullest and brightest, to celebrate the abundance of the summer's harvest.

The Mid-Autumn festival fall on 14 September this year. It was celebrated at Elder Park between 4pm - 8pm. In the Southern hemisphere, it is the begining of Spring. Are we going to call it Spring Festival?


Sylvester and Felicity in front of Adelaide Festival Theatre.


Sylvester and Felicity holding their name in Chinese Character.


Buying satay from a Malaysian Stall.


Adelaide Convention Centre taken from Elder Park.


Crowd started to move into Elder Park.


Buddha Statue in temporary temple.


Lantern beside stage.


Child play.


Dragon boat racing.


Lion dance on poles.


The main charcter of the day. The moon.


Kung Fu Panda!


Shark Lantern.