Smoke, Skewers, and the Full Moon: Navigating Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiwan By the Culture Desk | Published: June 21, 2026 On Friday, September 25, 2026, Taiwan will pause to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu Jie). Also known as the Moon Festival, this holiday stands as one of the three most vital annual celebrations on the Taiwanese…
For an entire month this summer, the invisible boundary separating the living from the dead will fade away. In Taiwan, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as Ghost Month. In 2026, this mystical period begins on the evening of August 13 and concludes on September 11. The absolute peak of the…
The Dragon Boat Festival (端午節) is one of Taiwan’s most important traditional holidays, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It typically falls in late May or June and is observed with an official three-day public holiday. The festival is famous for its vibrant dragon boat races, sticky rice dumplings, and summer-warding folk traditions. [1, 2, 3, 4]…

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