Hi everyone, Happy Moon Festival!
-中秋节快乐 [ zhōng qiū jié kuài lè ]!
Moon festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, is on August 15 according to the Chinese Lunar
calendar.
Chinese people will get together with their family members and share this special moment
under the full moon night.
Chinese people call it 中秋节 [zhōng qiū jié], which is also celebrated in many Asian
countries.
So what do Chinese people do to celebrate this festival?
Traditionally, family would get together to have a family reunion dinner, followed by
sharing moon cakes as a dessert, or some family would stay out and do moon watching.
Speaking of dessert, have you ever tasted moon cake before?
A moon cake is a type of Chinese baked good that Chinese people eat on Moon Festival.
It comes with a nice package since it is often a gift from family to family, friends to friends
and even employees to employers.
The most common and popular moon cake is this.
When you look closer, you see the shape of moon cakes are always round or square.
It s because Chinese people see a moon cake as a unity of family.
And the way we cut a moon cake is the same as cutting a pizza.
You can see the stuffing.
This is a lotus seed paste moon cake 莲蓉月饼 [ lián róng yuè bǐng ]. The yellow part
is yolk from a duck egg.
And guess what?
Double yolks are preferred since it can be sure that each slide contains a bit of yolk.
Sounds interesting, right?
A Moon cake is a heavy dessert so we have to share it with others.
Or healthy people who want to keep the tradition but worry about the calories in a moon cake
may prefer snowy moon cakes, called 冰皮月饼 [bīng pí yuè bǐng ] or fruit moon cakes
水果月饼 [shuǐ guǒ yuè bǐng] instead.
What about coffee moon cake 咖啡月饼 [ kā fēi yuè bǐng ] ? Well...call me old fashioned,
but among all the choices, I still like the traditional moon cake 莲蓉月饼 [ lián
róng yuè bǐng ]. Come and experience this special holiday in China when you get a chance.
Or share our Moon cake tradition with people you love.
Enjoy moon watching wherever you are.
Happy Moon Festival!
-中秋节快乐 [ zhōng qiū jié kuài lè ]!