Various activities held to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival in China
Children take part in a game during an event in celebrations for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at a kindergarten in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 23, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Photo by Shi Honghui/Xinhua)
International students make mooncakes at Fengsheng ancient town in Chongqing, southwest China, Sept. 23, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
International students make mooncakes at Fengsheng ancient town in Chongqing, southwest China, Sept. 23, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Students learn about shadow play during an event in celebrations for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, in Xiangyang, central China’s Hubei Province, Sept. 23, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Photo by Li Xuhui/Xinhua)
Foreign visitors try to make fish lanterns during an event in celebrations for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, in Lianyungang, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 22, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)
Children participate in a game in celebrations for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at a kindergarten in Jiyuan, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 23, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Photo by Duan Erping/Xinhua)
A teacher introduces knowledge of the Mid-Autumn Festival to students in Xuzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 23, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Photo by Kuai Chuang/Xinhua)
Children create a model of Guang Han Gong, the palace that houses Chang’e and her pet Yutu in Chinese mythology, with building blocks at a primary school in Quanzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Sept. 23, 2026. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, various activities are being held across China to welcome the traditional festival. (Photo by Lin Hongqin/Xinhua)
A student experiences lantern making during a Mid-Autumn Festival themed event at Guangxi Arts University in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
Participants experience mooncake making during a Mid-Autumn Festival themed event at Guangxi Arts University in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
A teacher (R) introduces the culture of Chinese lantern to international students during a Mid-Autumn Festival themed event at Guangxi Arts University in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Students experience Chinese calligraphy during a Mid-Autumn Festival themed event at Guangxi Arts University in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
Students experience lantern making during a Mid-Autumn Festival themed event at Guangxi Arts University in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
