Finally - Mooncake Festival is here
from Left to right ( Yam, Snow, Greentea and Strawberry)
The Moon festival (Mid-Autumn festival) will be starting on 18 September in this year. The Mooncake festival starts in Every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate "zhong qui jie."
Children are told the story of the moon fairy living in a crystal palace, who comes out to dance on the moon's shadowed surface. The legend surrounding the "lady living in the moon" dates back to ancient times, to a day when ten suns appeared at once in the sky. The Emperor ordered a famous archer to shoot down the nine extra suns. Once the task was accomplished, Goddess of Western Heaven rewarded the archer with a pill that would make him immortal. However, his wife found the pill, took it, and was banished to the moon as a result. Legend says that her beauty is greatest on the day of the Moon festival.
Some legends say, on this day the "Man in the Moon" was spotted at an inn, carrying a writing tablet. When questioned, he said he was recording the names of all the happy couples who were fated to marry and live happily forever after. Accordingly, just as June is the traditional month for exchanging nuptials in the west, many Chinese weddings are held during the eighth lunar month, with the fifteenth day being the most popular.
BTW, the most famous legend surrounding the Moon festival concerns its possible role in Chinese history. Overrun by the Mongols in the thirteenth century, the Chinese threw off their oppressors in 1368 AD. It is said that mooncakes - which the Mongols did not eat - were the perfect vehicle for hiding and passing along plans for the rebellion. Families were instructed not to eat the mooncakes until the day of the moon festival, which is when the rebellion took place.
Chinese people will celebrate this festival with dance, feasting and moon gazong. Today my friend give me some mooncakes to celebrate that it will be started soon. Tomorrow, we will be seeing the Lion Dancing on the street festival started from 5 September to 9 September, before the Mooncakes falled.
In general, I like the mooncakes with Yolk, double Yolks will be fantastic, especially the traditional one and drinking with Chinese/Japanese hot green tea in the rainy season like today.
The Moon festival (Mid-Autumn festival) will be starting on 18 September in this year. The Mooncake festival starts in Every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate "zhong qui jie."Children are told the story of the moon fairy living in a crystal palace, who comes out to dance on the moon's shadowed surface. The legend surrounding the "lady living in the moon" dates back to ancient times, to a day when ten suns appeared at once in the sky. The Emperor ordered a famous archer to shoot down the nine extra suns. Once the task was accomplished, Goddess of Western Heaven rewarded the archer with a pill that would make him immortal. However, his wife found the pill, took it, and was banished to the moon as a result. Legend says that her beauty is greatest on the day of the Moon festival.
Some legends say, on this day the "Man in the Moon" was spotted at an inn, carrying a writing tablet. When questioned, he said he was recording the names of all the happy couples who were fated to marry and live happily forever after. Accordingly, just as June is the traditional month for exchanging nuptials in the west, many Chinese weddings are held during the eighth lunar month, with the fifteenth day being the most popular.
BTW, the most famous legend surrounding the Moon festival concerns its possible role in Chinese history. Overrun by the Mongols in the thirteenth century, the Chinese threw off their oppressors in 1368 AD. It is said that mooncakes - which the Mongols did not eat - were the perfect vehicle for hiding and passing along plans for the rebellion. Families were instructed not to eat the mooncakes until the day of the moon festival, which is when the rebellion took place.
Chinese people will celebrate this festival with dance, feasting and moon gazong. Today my friend give me some mooncakes to celebrate that it will be started soon. Tomorrow, we will be seeing the Lion Dancing on the street festival started from 5 September to 9 September, before the Mooncakes falled.
In general, I like the mooncakes with Yolk, double Yolks will be fantastic, especially the traditional one and drinking with Chinese/Japanese hot green tea in the rainy season like today.
2 Comments:
nice song background and story about mooncake, btw dah jd pergi nonton "The Maid"? Tell me about it if you go, pengen tau jg, bagus ktnya. See ya soon. Coni
he..he.., yes plan to see "The Maid" by Friday night, so the horror feeling will be there...., will tell you more about it :-)
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