Lanterns and Mooncakes
Across East and Southeast Asia | 6-8 Oct 2025

The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates the fullest moon of the year with mooncakes, lanterns and joyful reunions. Across East and Southeast Asia – including Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, and Hong Kong – city streets are transformed into glowing wonderlands. Children carry colourful paper lanterns in nighttime parades, while bakeries showcase mooncakes filled with lotus seed, red bean, or salted egg yolk, and communities honour the moon goddess Chang’e in rites inviting harmony, prosperity, and family unity. Whether sharing tea and treats or admiring the moonlit sky, tea and treats or admiring the moonlit sky, the Mid-Autumn Festival casts a gentle magic – reminding us that even in darkness, we’re never far from light.

www.visitsingapore.com/whats-happening/all-happenings/festivals/mid-autumn-festival, www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/what-s-new/events/detail.id83726.mid-autumn-lantern-carnival-2025.html

Photos: Singapore Tourism Board