中秋之夜，月色皎洁，古人把圆月视为团圆的象征，民间 多于此夜合家团聚，故又称团圆节。 中秋节这天，文人们也会聚集在一起赏月作诗。
The ancient Chinese seemed the round moon in the mid-autumn day as a symbol of reunion. Family members would come back home and stay together with their parents or grandparents. Some poet also stay together to appreciate the flawless moon, and moon also inspired them to create poetry.

制作兔儿爷也是民间庆祝中秋节的一种方式，人们用泥土捏成兔子的形状，并给他们涂上颜色。最初，兔儿爷是用来祭月的，不过到了后来兔儿爷多被用于儿童的玩具，它的形态动作也多样起来。

The symbol of the mid-autumn festival is clay rabbits for the Mid-Autumn Festival. They are made from clay, and were painted after the shaping process. Initially, people created them to offer sacrifice to the moon. But after that, the clay rabbits became toys for children and developed variety of rabbits with some of them really appealing.

     吃月饼是节日的另一习俗，月饼象征着团圆。像葡萄、西瓜等象征着团圆的水果也被人们摆上餐桌。如今月饼已经成为了中国饮食文化的一部分。传统的月饼内馅多采用植物性原料种子，如核桃仁、杏仁、芝麻仁、瓜子、山楂、莲蓉、枣泥等，对人体有一定的保健作用。如今，月饼的品种已异彩纷呈，各种口味的馅料都被用到了月饼的制作：如冰皮月饼、冰激凌月饼、果蔬月饼、海味月饼、椰奶月饼、茶叶月饼等。