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tết trung thu chữ hán 節中秋 traditional vietnamese festival held night th end th th lunar month rằm tháng tám chữ nôm 𠄻躺渗 despite chinese origin festival recently evolved childrens festival tết thiếu nhi also known tết trông trăng tết đoàn viên tết hoa đăng child look forward day often given toy adult typically including star lamp mask kéo quân lamp tò edible toy figurine eat bánh trung thu mooncakes bánh nướng bánh dẻo people organize feast watch moon moon high child sing dance watching full moon place people also organize lion dance dragon dance child enjoy tết trung thu originated chinese culture three main legend associated festival story change hou yi emperor tang ming huangs ascent moon china story uncle cuội vietnam chinese celebrated harvest autumn full moon since shang dynasty c – bce term midautumn 中秋 first appeared rite zhou written collection ritual western zhou dynasty – bce celebration festival started gain popularity early tang dynasty – ce one legend explains emperor xuanzong tang started hold formal celebration palace exploring moon palace according phan kế bính book việt nam phong tục custom hanging light display feast due ancient scripture emperor tang ming huang emperor birthday would order people hang light everywhere arrange party celebrate since become custom tradition lantern procession date back song dynasty due story reign emperor song renzong china carp transformed monster every night moon appeared turn girl harm people response bao gong new official ordered folk make fish lamp like carp image bring play street aimed scare monster would dare harm people phan kế bính also stated custom trống quân singing date back reign emperor quang trung nguyễn huệ brought troop north many soldier homesick lift spirit alleviate homesickness nguyễn huệ presented way side pretend boy girl singing responding accompanied drum beat hence name trống quân military drum childrens toy tết trung thu made paper shaped like creature butterfly mantis elephant horse unicorn lion dragon deer shrimp fish evening festival child play tug catch procession lantern lion drum thanh la percussion instrument evening full moon risen people buy moon cake tea wine worship ancestor also day people often give mooncakes fruit tea wine grandparent parent teacher friend relative benefactor chinese often organize dragon dance tết trung thu vietnamese lion dance lion symbolizes luck prosperity good omen family past vietnamese people also held trống quân singing hung lantern kéo quân festival drum sung rhythm three thình thùng thình according vietnamese custom tết trung thu adult arrange party child celebrate buy make various candlelit lantern hang house let child participate lantern procession tết trung thu celebration often includes moon cake candy sugar cane grapefruit fruit rural area neighbor closer relationship people often organize child carry lantern together village hamlet neighborhood tết trung thu night lantern festival initiated local government youth group village participant compete largest prettiest lantern procession phan thiết bình thuận largescale lantern procession held thousand elementary junior high school student marching street festival set largest record vietnam traditional midautumn lantern procession festival dating back hundred year scale festival phan thiết increase every year also becomes commercial tuyên quang also large lantern procession festival fully mobilized creativity people village village commercialized lion dance usually held tết trung thu busiest night fifteenth sixteenth night typically focus tết trung thu celebratory food dog made grapefruit clove two black bean attached eye surrounding dog fruit cake like bánh nướng baked mooncakes bánh dẻo sticky rice mooncakes vegetarian cake usually shape mother pig herd chubby piglet carp grapefruit seed usually peeled skewered steel wire dried – week full moon tết trung thu night string grapefruit seed displayed typical fruit food element occasion banana nugget apricot red blue pickled persimmon daisy grapefruit feast begin moon reach zenith custom looking moon associated legend uncle cuội found precious banyan tree uprooted flying sky one day clinging tree root flew moon tree looking moon one see clear black spot shape old tree people sitting child believe picture uncle cuội sitting base banyan tree mask lion light star light lion head popular toy festival previously north bao cấp period toy child tết trung thu rare family often made toy bỏi drum lantern monk lamp star lamp kéo quân lamp mask tò toy ship model pinwheel child family mask usually made paperboard cardboard featuring childrens favorite character time including lion head ông địa sun wukong zhu bajie baigujing today toy vietnam come china mask often made thin plastic lantern southern vietnam two city hội saigon famous throughout country craft making decorative lantern paper lantern used tết trung thu according văn công lý lantern making industry hội trace back ancestor called xã đường uniqueness hội lantern lie diverse shape design size lantern covered hà đông silk rather paper make light magical shimmering saigon largest center production trung thu lantern south vietnam phú bình district since supplying whole region lantern originated migrant community originally báo đáp village nam định province northern village famous dyeing industry coming south people still continued dyeing weaving making shoe phú bình situated phú trung ward tân phú district ward district ho chi minh city approximately half kilometer away đầm sen tourist area first settling south phú bình specialized producing simple tết trung thu lantern flute lantern fish lantern star lantern student fun holiday night phú bình annually produced half million midautumn lantern supplying province bến hải cà mau people area reverted old job vietnamese market experienced significant influx chinese lantern impacted demand phú bìnhs traditional lantern chinese lantern appealed consumer new style convenience wind cheaper price consequently popularity chinese lantern adversely affected livelihood phú bình resident leading economic difficulty hardship vietnamese market technology industry dedicated produce toy child occasion tết trung thu created job profit many small medium enterprise due use common material simple technology little capital period chinese toy dominating market vietnamese lantern production recovered started reoccupy domestic market traditional modern variation moon cake become increasingly diverse manufacturer get creative using different ingredient food filling stamping cake various design designing creative packaging however based recipe making crust two main type bánh trung thu lit midautumn cake bánh nướng baked cake bánh dẻo sticky rice cake bánh nướng bánh nướng made crust flour little oil sugar mix crust usually cooked malt amber color preserved long possible usually tết trung thu baker cook sugar water store next season use past vietnam filling mooncakes usually mixed little bit lime leaf fatty meat jam melon seed sausage shaping cake pressing mold desired design cake put oven baking process divided two stage twothirds baking time first stage cake unloaded cooled covered egg yolk baked remaining third time bánh dẻo traditionally sticky rice mooncakes made shell roasted finely ground glutinous rice flour boiled cooled white sugar water contrast baked mooncakes malt used juice pomelo flower filling made various cooked food ingredient cake molded pressed eaten immediately without needing baked oven tết trung thu north also custom singing trống quân male female side sing respond beating barbed wire steel wire stretched empty barrel popping thình thùng thình sound rhythm song song used sing along rhyme sometimes improvised confrontation drum singing session fun sometimes difficult puzzle tết trung thu people often give gift usually box cake lantern clothes money agency business also give gift customer employee sometimes even buying mooncake truck many company thousand worker thus order thousand box mooncakes generous commission calculated total amount mooncakes consumed estimated ton mooncakes consumed consumer spent billion vnd million box box mooncakes expensive making unaffordable poor adult typically give gift individual considered superior parent work superior people need teacher neighbor friend child within household value gift often corresponds importance recipient meaning gift individual higher position relationship may higher value act giving tết trung thu gift become common practice living condition improve especially đổi mới reform period vietnam business individual giving tết trung thu gift seen negligent shameful making significant expense cost giving gift usually spent cash received guest many people prefer use agency fund take advantage high commission discount offered bakery potentially giving expensive tết trung thu gift considered graceful gesture adult many people use occasion opportunity exchange gift official elaborate box moon cake gold dollar filling often given official giftgiving tết trung thu become customary practice night tết trung thu people often gather watch moon considered prime time moon viewing poet tản đà mentioned tết trung following verse poet nguyễn du also mentioned festival poem tale kiều musician lê thương wrote song topic thằng cuội musician ngọc lễ piece titled cắc tùng cắc tùng tết trung thu child list harvest festival tết nguyên đán tết đoan ngọ tsukimi japanese autumn harvest festival held day chuseok korean autumn harvest festival held day midautumn festival chinese moonobservance festival held day tết trung thu encyclopedic dictionary vietnam