Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrated Throughout China

Foreign revelers perform during a celebrative activity for the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on Sept. 30, in Liuzhou, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Sept. 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Chen Ruihua>

Panda “Qing Feng” looks at a big moon cake in the panda house of Nanshan Zoo of Yantai, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 30, 2012. On the occasion of China’s traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sunday this year, staff members of Nanshan Zoo prepared special made moon cakes for pandas “Qing Feng” and “Hua Ao” to let them enjoy the special day with people. <Xinhua/Chu Yang>

Passengers line to buy tickets at Zhengzhou Bus Station in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 29, 2012. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day festival, which will last from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7, Zhengzhou Railway Station is expected to send 1.2 million passengers, 3.2% more than the same period last year. Passengers who take bus are expected to raise 5% compared with the same period last year, most of whom travel for tour or family reunion. <Xinhua/Wang Song>

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