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"I'm in Singapore and my daughters are in Shanghai. I'm sad that my family can't be together this Mid-Autumn Festival. I remember lantern parades with my family when we were together and I hope they take care and have good health, and will be eating moon cakes to celebrate this year."

Susan Wong, 60, homemaker, in Singapore.

"I'm in Shanghai but my family is in Singapore. My happiest memory of Mid-Autumn Festival is sharing durian moon cakes with my mom and grandma, and being nagged at for it being too "heaty". I wish everyone will be healthy and happy at this time. I'll be sending my family plenty of emoticons of moon cakes and bunnies even though they are far away."

Kel Zhang, 32, project manager, living in Shanghai.

"My family lives with me in Beijing whereas my parents still live in Taipei. It has never been easy for me to be away from my parents this time of the year.

"However, living abroad for nearly two decades, we have resorted to celebrating this tradition with phone calls. I also encourage my parents to get together with their siblings for this important traditional holiday.

"Growing up in Taiwan, celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival is more than just eating moon cakes. We always did a hot pot dinner on our apartment building rooftop. When my brother was in college, we extended our invitation to include his away-from-home classmates which became a tradition until both of us moved away to study in the United States.

"Now my daughter has turned 10 and Mid-Autumn Festival has become less significant in many ways."

Jennifer Yeh, 48, artisan baker/owner of Boulangerie Nanda, in Beijing.