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21th-century moon festival combines old, new
Vietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival: a special time for children
Japanese Harvest Moon With Birds Crossing
The Moon Festifval -Chuushuu-no-meigetsu
Rare supermoon lunar eclipse makes for auspicious Mid-Autumn Festival - but will Hong Kong get a good view?
Explainer: The Supermoon Lunar Eclipse on Sept. 27, 2015
2015-09-27
Dunhuang mural depicting Tang dynasty's stargazers celebrating Moon Festival
This multiple exposure photo shows the moon over the skyline of central business district of Beijing, China, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sept. 27, 2015.
Traditionally people celebrate The Mid-Autumn Festival at home, eating mooncakes with their family. However, this year some of the more adventurous will go up in the sky.
Ahead of the traditional festival, which fell on Sunday -- the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, several domestic airlines organized flights to give people a better view of the full moon .
Shandong Airlines promoted 40 of its 400 domestic flights to passengers wanting a closer view of the glorious full moon. The company even looked into the movement of the moon and allocated passengers the best seats for viewing it.
"Over 300 passengers booked these special seats," said Mao Yi, a clerk with Spring Airlines, which also makes such arrangements.
This sky-high activity is a new experience for Chinese.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/27/c_134665092.htm
Vietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival: a special time for children
2015-09-27
Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam is celebrated as a festival especially for children. As time passes by along with the improvement in the economic condition, Mid- Autumn Festival nowadays is organized with more activities and modern tastes.
Like some other Asian countries where people honor lunar cycles, Vietnam celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. But unlike the other Asian countries, the Mid- Autumn Festival in Vietnam is recognized as a children's festival.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/27/c_134664868.htm
Japanese Harvest Moon With Birds Crossing
Taken by Shiraishi on September 27, 2015 @ Kumagaya-shi, Saitama, Japan
Camera Used: NIKON COOLPIX P610
Exposure Time: 10/3200
Aperture: f/6.5
ISO: 200
Date Taken: 2015:09:27 18:58:55
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Today September 27th is Japanese traditional Harvest Moon, Chushu, literally (Moon of) Middle-Autumn, which is the moon on the 15th day of the 8th month of the East-Asian lunisolar calendar.
Forecast weather was cloudy, but it is fine in this evening, so we enjoy the Chushu Moon.
And when I enjoyed the photographing the Moon, suddenly flock of birds crossed on the disk of the moon.
Note that 15th day is important for Chushu, so it is not always the full moon.
Nikon COOLPIX P610 digital camera; ISO 200, F6.5, 1/320s exposure, f=1440mm (full pixel, not trimmed)
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indi...d=117823&PHPSESSID=m2c194bv7ep4ccmprdpcn6mlq7
The Moon Festifval -Chuushuu-no-meigetsu
Taken by masa nakamura on September 27, 2015 @ Otawara, Tochigi, Japan
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On the moon calendar, August 15th is the Moon Festival in Japan. We celebrate the autumn crop to the moon. (It is not full moon today!)
Takaashi FC76 + Nikon D750
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indi...d=117825&PHPSESSID=m2c194bv7ep4ccmprdpcn6mlq7
Rare supermoon lunar eclipse makes for auspicious Mid-Autumn Festival - but will Hong Kong get a good view?
05 September, 2015
You won't have to go as far as outer space, but Hongkongers will have to head overseas if they want to catch a rare celestial phenomenon that is set to make this year's Mid-Autumn Festival one of the most special yet.
In a highly unusual culmination of events in the cosmos, there will be a supermoon and a lunar eclipse at the same time during the festival, a three-day traditional celebration that starts on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.
This year, in Hong Kong, the festival officially starts on September 27 and the public holiday is on the 28th, a Monday.
A supermoon happens when the moon reaches its peak while it is at the closest possible distance to the earth, making the moon's diameter look up to 14 per cent bigger, according to Nasa.
This September's supermoon will also coincide with a lunar eclipse, making it a supermoon lunar eclipse – an event which has happened just five times since 1910. The last time the two events converged was in 1982 and the next time will be 2033.
But local stargazers and revellers will have to crank up their creative minds to imagine it all because the supermoon will be below the horizon in Hong Kong when the moon hits its peak at 10.50am on September 28, the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
That day, the moon will rise at 6.28pm, so while it is highly likely that those gathering at Victoria Park or Tsim Sha Tsui will be able to spot the full moon, it won't be at its biggest and brightest, according to Chan Yan-chun, a scientific officer from the Hong Kong Observatory.
“Strictly speaking, we will not see a full moon but there is a chance to see it,” he said.
As for the supermoon lunar eclipse, you'll have to book a ticket to either North or South America to catch it on September 27, where it will be visible that night.
Of the six super moons happening this year, this month's will be the closest to earth, which bodes well for the traditional beliefs of the Mid-Autumn festival that a big, bright moon represents the unity of families coming together to celebrate the occasion.
The last time a full moon was seen on the first night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was in 2004. Though the timing may vary, round moons typically appear during the festival, which is why it is sometimes referred to as the harvest moon festival.
The festival is marked by family and friends sharing and eating mooncakes and lighting lanterns.
In Tai Hang, the tiny streets will be filled with thousands of people, hoping to catch a glimpse of the 67-metre fire dragon that weaves its way around the area towards Victoria Park.
Legend has it that the annual ritual began in 1880 to ward off a plague in Tai Hang village and the tradition has continued for more than 130 years.
In 2011, the fire dragon dance was placed on China's national list of intangible cultural heritage.
Victoria Park in Causeway Bay will once again host the Mid-Autumn lantern carnival where festival-goers can marvel at the colourful lanterns on display from September 23-28. There will be a youth night on September 26 and a carnival night on September 27.
For those living in the New Territories, there are similar events closer to home with Sha Tin Park and Tsing Yi Park to host lantern displays from 25 September to 1 October.
Sha Tin Park will hold youth night on September 25 and a carnival night on September 26, while Tsing Yi Park will have a youth night on September 27 and a carnival night on September 28.
From September 10 to October 18, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre piazza in Tsim Sha Tsui will be lit up with a lantern display called “Blossom beneath the moon”.
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...supermoon-lunar-eclipse-makes-rare-appearance
Explainer: The Supermoon Lunar Eclipse on Sept. 27, 2015
When the Eclipse Happens Worldwide
27 September / 28 September 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse
In the US, Canada, and Central and South America, this rare Total Lunar Eclipse of a Supermoon will begin on the evening of September 27, 2015. In Europe, South/East Asia, Africa, the Arctic, and in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans it starts after midnight on September 28, 2015.
Also called a Blood Moon this eclipse will last for about 1 hour and 12 minutes.
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2015-september-28
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