Colorful activities held to mark National Day holiday

Citizens read books at a library during the holiday for the National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival at Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 4, 2017. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Oct. 4. Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the eighth month on China's lunar calendar, is an occasion for family gatherings and well-known as the time to eat mooncakes. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)