Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival, celebrated in most East Asian countries, such as China and Vietnam. The festival takes places on month 8 day 15 of the Chinese calendar. In 2018 it's on September 24th. It is the second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year. To the Chinese, the festival means family reunion and peace.
View. comments. Big Bird the hen is laying claim to a new world record this Easter after her owner Harry Evans spotted this incredible mini egg in her nest. Barely bigger than a 5p coin, it measures just 0.9 inches (2.5cm) long, has a diameter of 0.79 inches (2cm) through its widest part and weighs 0.26oz (7.3g).
At Geelong, Victoria, a pen of six âAustralorpâ hens set a world record by laying 1857 eggs in 365 days â an average of 309.5 eggs each. At the Grafton contest in 1923-24 an Australorp hen laid 347 eggs in 365 days. Soon after a hen of the Burns bloodline broke the world record, laying 354 eggs in twelve months. Another hen set a new world record when she laid an amazing 364 eggs in 365 days!