On Monday, October 6th, 2025, the Chinese Club and Asian Student Union hosted a celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important festivals in Asian culture.
What is Mid-Autumn Festival?
Mid-Autumn Festival is the 2nd most important festival in China (behind Lunar New year) and is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. This makes it so that the festival always falls on a night with a full moon. This is because the moon is one of the central images of Mid-Autumn festival as it’s looked up to by many during the celebration. It is traditional to share a food called a mooncake with friends and family, a sweet or savory treat with many variations. Traditional mooncakes, called Cantonese Mooncakes, have a baked crust with fillings of red bean paste (a sweet filling) or cured duck eggs to represent the moon. Newer mooncake varieties have also popped up such as Snow skin Mooncakes, a more mochi-like outside filled with sweet fillings like red bean and more. On top of the moon, Mid-Autumn Festival is also an important time of thanksgiving and family reunion, much like Thanksgiving in the United Sates.
Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration at Jesuit
The celebration kicked off after school ended with a speech from 2 of the Chinese Club Junior leaders Beckett Thornton ’27 and Milad Oropeza ’27. This was followed up by presentations about Mid-Autumn Festival by Reese Beaudoin ’28 and Bradley Chu ’28. Attendees were able to try Chinese candies such as White Rabbit, a milk-based candy wrapped in a thin layer of rice player.
“I enjoyed learning about the different activities and customs of the countries during the Mid-Autumn Festival.”
– Raza HassAn ’28
Mid-Autumn Festival Activities
The first activity of the afternoon was mooncake making. Students were able to make their own snow skin mooncakes with red bean paste. By taking sticky rice dough and flattening out, students placed the red bean paste and formed it into a ball before covering in flour and pressing into a mold. After the mooncake making, a game of bingo was played in which winners won Ranger Connection Gift Cards. The final activity of the day was a dice game from the Philippines called Pua Tiong Chiu in which you would roll dice in a ceramic bowl and try to get as many 4’s as you could to win prizes.
Final Thoughts
The Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration was a fun-filled day in which members of the Chinese Club and Asian Student Union were able to celebrate Asian culture, participate in activities, and make and eat delicious food. Thank you to all Chinese Club and Asian Student Union members and leaders, especially Mrs. Lu, Mr. Gan, and Mr. Vu.
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