Hi Jeff, How do i explain this to you?
If u had looked up at the moon last night(sorry about the delay), u would have seen Chang er n her rabbit companion. She ODed on an elixir and ended up exiled to the moon.
The mid autumn festival to me as a kid and father, were memories of exploring the neighbourhood at night with candle lit plastic, colourful, translucent lanterns made in the shapes of animals, superheroes like superman! cartoon characters and a plane and whatever favorite new characters to entice kids. Lighting the candle n not being burnt seemed like the high point for a kid. The other one is of course a lantern catching fire.
Not sure reason for this carrying of lanterns but it was fun!
Had to recycle an old photo. Lol. So much for my mid autumn spirit.
The mooncake, (though a direct chinese translation would be moon biscuit.) It used to be a baked round pastry with stuffings made of lotus paste, melon seeds n a egg yolk. Nowadays there are other variations, most popular being snowskin n different types of stuffings like yam, durian, ice cream too. There are also pig shaped biscuits in a red basket.
According to folk tale, mooncake was used to pass messages to overthrow the Mongolian regime by the Hans.
Though i am aware of this day, i do not make an effort to celebrate the tradition. Since i am not a dessert person, i am also not a big fan of mooncake given it is sugar ladened. Less of a fan given it can cost up to sgd60 for 4 pieces (hamburger bun size) of a fancy brand and i definitely can't appreciate the difference between a local bakery made ones from the fancy. I am not sure what equivalent of western pastry to use to compare. But i am sure you will like it if you are a dessert person.
For the lovers separated by long distances it offered a common link when they both stare at the moon.
As for me looking at the full moon...HOWLLL...
Do have some tea and biscuits the next time you look at the moon.
Full moon fun: How Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in other parts of Asiahttp://www.straitstimes.com/asia/full-moon-fun-how-mid-autumn-festival-is-celebrated-in-other-parts-of-asia?&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany
If u had looked up at the moon last night(sorry about the delay), u would have seen Chang er n her rabbit companion. She ODed on an elixir and ended up exiled to the moon.
The mid autumn festival to me as a kid and father, were memories of exploring the neighbourhood at night with candle lit plastic, colourful, translucent lanterns made in the shapes of animals, superheroes like superman! cartoon characters and a plane and whatever favorite new characters to entice kids. Lighting the candle n not being burnt seemed like the high point for a kid. The other one is of course a lantern catching fire.
Not sure reason for this carrying of lanterns but it was fun!
Had to recycle an old photo. Lol. So much for my mid autumn spirit.
The mooncake, (though a direct chinese translation would be moon biscuit.) It used to be a baked round pastry with stuffings made of lotus paste, melon seeds n a egg yolk. Nowadays there are other variations, most popular being snowskin n different types of stuffings like yam, durian, ice cream too. There are also pig shaped biscuits in a red basket.
According to folk tale, mooncake was used to pass messages to overthrow the Mongolian regime by the Hans.
Though i am aware of this day, i do not make an effort to celebrate the tradition. Since i am not a dessert person, i am also not a big fan of mooncake given it is sugar ladened. Less of a fan given it can cost up to sgd60 for 4 pieces (hamburger bun size) of a fancy brand and i definitely can't appreciate the difference between a local bakery made ones from the fancy. I am not sure what equivalent of western pastry to use to compare. But i am sure you will like it if you are a dessert person.
For the lovers separated by long distances it offered a common link when they both stare at the moon.
As for me looking at the full moon...HOWLLL...
Do have some tea and biscuits the next time you look at the moon.
Full moon fun: How Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in other parts of Asiahttp://www.straitstimes.com/asia/full-moon-fun-how-mid-autumn-festival-is-celebrated-in-other-parts-of-asia?&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany
