| Eating moon cakes | |
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| Aug 10, 2006 10:48 |   |
 | My friend tells me that China celebrates the moon on August 15th of the lunar calendar by eating moon cakes. When is this celebration? The moon is full now, correct??? (8/10/2006) What is this celebration? I would look it up on Google, but do not know what it is called. |
| Aug 10, 2006 17:27 | #1 |
| It's Mid-Autumn Festival, Full Moon or Mooncake Festival. (Zhong Qiu Jie in chinese) check the link of wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival The festival in 2006 will be celebrated in the early Oct(Oct,6 maybe).:) |
| Aug 11, 2006 03:58 | #2 |
| It is on 6th,Oct. in this year,and we usually eat mooncake with looking up the moon,haha:-) |
| Aug 11, 2006 22:15 | #3 |
| Last time when i visited a hawking street in Yulin, Shaanxi, i came across mooncakes, they are sold everyday in the year. |
| Aug 11, 2006 22:29 | #4 |
| I don't like mooncake , it is too sweet for me :( |
| Aug 12, 2006 04:30 | #5 |
| The mooncakes are not as tasty as those in my childhood. You can only have sweet taste in you mouth and nothing more. |
| Aug 13, 2006 20:31 | #6 |
| I only eat a little one time,so sweet!!! |
| Aug 15, 2006 16:13 | #7 |
| Thank you... I think I will have to travel to one of the Chinese communities near where I live to try some Moon cakes. :) |
| Aug 15, 2006 19:42 | #8 |
| How about the story about Moon Cake, do you want to know? This festival originated in a fairy tale. A hero names Hou Yi saved his people by shooting down the other nine suns that burned his people to death. He was then bestowed with the elixir of immortality by the Queen Mother of the West. He did not want to consume the elixir and leave his beautiful but very mortal wife, Chang Er, so he gave the elixir to his wife for safekeeping. Unfortunately, Hou Yi's disloyal apprentice forced Chang Er to swallow the elixir. She then became a supernatural being. She flew to the moon, and from there watched her husband. Knowing that his wife had now been separated from him, Hou Yi was crazed with grief. Looking up at the moon one night, he saw a figure like his wife. He hurriedly took cakes and succade (preserves in sugar, whether fruits, vegetables, or confections) as offerings to his wife. Upon hearing this, people developed the custom of watching the moon and eating moon cakes annually on this day. I just read the story here: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/festival/national.htm |
| Aug 16, 2006 03:48 | #9 |
| Thanks!May! Great job:-) |
| Aug 16, 2006 04:15 | #10 |
| Chinese government enacted a law to confine the rise of the moon cake's price , so we can buy some nice and cheap moon cake this year ,haha~~ I like the yolk as the stuffing :P |
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