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China's Mid-Autumn Festival is traditionally celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month , which falls into September or October. This year, this festival falls on September 30.The festival is the second most important festival after the Spring Festival to Chinese people. Celebration of the Mid-Autumn festival has a history of over 3,000 years, dating back to the moon worship in ancient times. You may need to read more information about its history and origin.

The festival is a public holiday and people enjoy one day off from their work, and is one of the few reunion holidays for families. On that day, family members stay together, admiring the full moon and eating mooncakes. There are totally 8 days this year for the holiday reason as the national day also fell into the time, plus weekends.

Rending an apartment or a house in China is the same thing like what we experience in West. In my personal opinion the biggest problem is our language capacity is not enough to handle the issue. There are ways to get an flat or a house by using internet, real estate agency, or asking your colleague or friends for help.

Finding an apartment online. Finding an apartment to rent online is not easy in China. There are thousands of apartments on the Internet and it is hard to tell the quality, even if they look very good in the picture. You will have to spend some time at it. If you see a really good one and it is available, contact the landlord or the agency and visit it as soon as possible. After visiting you can ask them to keep the apartment for you, but the landlord won’t hold it long without a deposit. Once other people decide to give a deposit, the flat is gone. Unless you speak Chinese, looking online for your flat is not a really practical solution, but it can give you a rough idea of the market.