Video: 'Flaming moon' lantern lights up Hong Kong The imposing, six-storey-high moonlike lantern entitled the Golden Moon was lit up to spark off Hong Kong's Mid-Autumn festivities on Thursday. The design was selected through an open competition and won by an architectural team of Kristof Crolla and Adam Fingrut. The giant sculpture sits in a pool and is surrounded by dozens of floating Chinese lanterns featuring a pathway for visitors to walk through. The Mid-Autumn Festival, originally a harvest festival, is one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar.