Soldiers prepare homemade mooncakes

Soldiers make mooncakes at a base for armed border forces in Taizhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 6, 2011. Mooncakes are regarded as an indispensable delicacy during the Mid-autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on Chinese lunar calendar and on Sept 12 this year. [Photo/Xinhua]

Homemade mooncakes printed with Chinese characters made by soldiers at a base for armed border forces in Taizhou, Sept 6, 2011. [Photo/CFP]