Story behind the Mid-Autumn Festival:
The fateful night when Chang'e was lifted up to the moon. Unlike many lunar deities in other cultures who personify the moon, Chang'e simply lives on the moon but is not the moon per se.
Mid-Autumn Rituals:
- Eating mooncakes outside, under the moon
- Putting pomelo rinds on one's head
- Carrying brightly-lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers
- Burning incenseto deities like Chang'e 嫦娥
- Planting Mid-Autumn trees
- Collecting dandelion leaves and distributing them evenly among family members
- Fire Dragon Dances
I remember peddling pretty authentic paper lanterns in the park with my family and cousins. We were so excited back then and each time the wind comes too strong, we had to cover our lanterns to prevent the flame from dying out.
When i was a little older and more mischievous, we'll burn our lanterns @ the end of the night of celebration *evil grins* Those were the days.. =)
These days, I love the Double Yolk Mooncakes. Always looking out for the Mooncake Fair @ Takashimaya and trying all the various makes from the big hotels.
I like Durian Snowskin Mooncakes with thick durian paste. Four Seasons (not the hotel chain) did it pretty well, i remember. But my favourite mooncake has to be Sze Chuan Court's (Swisso'tel the Stamford)'s double yolk mooncakes-lotus paste.
10/10 (full marks)
Beats the likes of any other hotels you can think of. It's soft skin and melt-in-ur-mouth lotus paste with the fresh & dripping egg yolks leaves you wanting for more! :p~
Some pics of me in a Mid-Autumn party (2009)
Venue: A house in Holland
Dresscode: Cheongsam
Dresscode: Cheongsam
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