The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and mooncakes are very popular. This year, there are many new kinds of mooncakes. Some are good for your health, some look like cities, and some have very strange tastes. People like to buy small and cheap mooncakes, and many like to try new things.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family and moon watching. This year, many people want to travel to see the full moon. Some go to mountains, some go to lakes, and some even watch the moon from a plane. Cities like Nanjing, Xi’an, and Hangzhou are very popular.
Many cities in China now have 24-hour libraries. They are open all day and all night, and there are no staff at night. People use a card to enter and machines to borrow books. Students study there, and workers read there after their jobs.
Museum blind boxes are becoming very popular in China. Young people buy them because they are fun and full of surprises. Inside each box, there is a small toy based on a Chinese cultural relic.
September 10, 2026 was China’s 42nd Teachers’ Day. In many cities, tall buildings lit up with messages like “Hello, teacher!” At schools, students gave teachers flowers, sang songs, and bowed to say thank you.
Shanghai is launching many new night tour projects this autumn. Visitors can see floating light shows on a lake, a glowing dragon boat parade, a star-themed light walk along the river, and a zoo at night.
In September 2026, newborn panda cubs at Chengdu’s Panda Base met visitors outdoors for the first time. They were carried by keepers, looked around curiously, and tried to climb. The cubs stay in the Sun Nursery and Star Nursery.
More and more young Chinese people are wearing hanfu in daily life, not just during festivals. The hanfu market is growing quickly, and a small county called Caoxian makes over half of China’s hanfu.