Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Sept 20-21, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of local Naxi people making mooncakes
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Tourist (no name given):
"I think this is very meaningful. The Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner and such local traditions should be passed on so more people can know about them."
3. Various of tourists sampling mooncakes
4. Naxi people making mooncakes

Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of foreign students making mooncakes
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Russian student (no name given):
"I have celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in China several times, but this is my first time making mooncakes, and it was a very happy experience."
7. Foreign students making mooncakes

Bengbu City, Anhui Province, east China- Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Aerial shot of lantern show
9. Various of lanterns, visitors taking pictures
10. Aerial shot of lantern show

People across China are making mooncakes and visiting lantern shows to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Monday, September 24 this year.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival that's celebrated according to the Chinese lunar calendar, around the time of the autumn equinox. Mooncakes not only reflect the roundness of the full moon, their round shape also symbolizes completeness and togetherness. Traditionally, it's a time for family reunions, and relatives enjoy eating mooncakes together.

In Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, locals from the Naxi ethnic minority are busy making their traditional, over-sized mooncakes.

The specially made mooncakes are cooked on charcoal fire. Many tourists stopped by to taste the finished product.

"I think this is very meaningful. The Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner and such local traditions should be passed on so more people can know about them," said a tourist.

Meanwhile in Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province, dozens of foreign students tried to make mooncakes to celebrate the festival and learn about traditional Chinese culture.

"I have celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in China several times, but this is my first time making mooncakes, and it was a very happy experience," said a Russian student.

Mooncake-making is not the only way to celebrate the holiday. In east China's Anhui Province, Bengbu City is welcoming the upcoming festival with an elaborate lantern show, which involves over eight million glowing lanterns of various colors.