The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around late September or early October in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Chinese New Year and Winter Solstice, and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. Traditionally on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomelos under the moon together. In Singapore where 75% of its populace are of Chinese origin, this festival is celebrated yearly. The Chinese Garden, China Town and Singapore River are the three locations where the festive atmosphere are most felt. In recent years, Mid-Autumn Festival@River has gained pupularity as a result of its impressive display of lanterns, buzzling food stalls and accessible location. Photographs were taken during the 2008, 2010 and 2011 festivities.