Hairy crab is often accompanied by Chinese wines or ginger tea. The male hairy crab, unusually, is in high demand, rather than the female of other varieties and is an expensive menu item at many restaurants during the festival. Others refer to it as the Lantern Festival.Ī special delicacy for Mid Autumn Festival is the hairy crab, which is only in season for a few months from September. The most popular treats that everyone eats too much of are the moon cakes and is why the festival is known to some as the Moon Cake Festival. To be a part of the atmosphere, some of the most popular places to visit are Causeway Bay, Victoria Park and Victoria Harbour but many towns and villages put on special shows too. Families get together, and people will also eat tasty pastries called mooncakes. In China, there are public holidays on 7 legal festivals in a year, namely New Years Day, Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day. Last night, Chinese people celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival. To the Chinese, the festival means family reunion and peace. The lion dance involves two people dressed in a stunning costume doing amazing feats of balance and dance. Elder Li, a missionary from China, observed, The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year. One of the best shows to watch is the lion dance, which is put on in many locations across Hong Kong. Lanterns are everywhere, from ancient style, modern and paper and children are captivated by the fun lanterns they are given. The festival runs for a week and, during that time, Hong Kong is transformed into a show of sound, colour and light. It is still a time of giving thanks. The Mid Autumn Festival is a time for families to spend special time together, and for prayer where people pray their specific requests. This is a harvest festival that has its history dating back over 3,000 years to the Shang Dynasty when people thanked the moon god for the harvest.
In Hong Kong, the day after the festival is a public holiday. 7.In the Gregorian calendar, this occurs in either September or October. The crust is made from chocolate and the filling can be oats, berries, Oreo flavor, etc. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. The attractive mooncake appearance and the thick scent of chocolate mix traditional Chinese culture and Western romantic culture together. Cookie Duration Description cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics: 11 months: This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.
ChocolateĬhocolate (巧克力 qiaokeli /chyaou-ker-lee/) mooncakes make Mid-Autumn Festival more romantic. Fillings including honeydew, litchi, and pineapple make this traditional dessert healthier. The National Day might become an 8-day holiday, if. Therefore, the National Day has seven days long, including the prior or subsequent weekend. Chinese work two adjacent weekend days for October 4th and October 5th. Actually, the National Day is a 3-day legal public holiday. For those far away from home, the brightest moon in the year reminds them of bonding with their beloved. The National Day of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2019. Vegetable and Fruitįruit and vegetable (果蔬 guoshu /gwor-shoo/) mooncakes are filled with fresh vegetables and fruits, and taste soft and smooth. Held on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival after Chinese New Year when family members get together to celebrate reunion, enjoy mooncakes and other delicacies. The fillings can be sweet or savory, or both, such as fruit and duck egg yolks. Its a family day in China like Thanksgiving.
Now some people add juice to the crust to make it look more colorful. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important traditional festival in China (the most important one is Chinese New Year). Several bakers had spent four days together. During the event a 363-kg, 2.67-meter-in-diameter mooncake was cut into slices and handed out to hundreds of the elders in the community. The crust is made of frozen glutinous rice, and looks snow white. Last Saturday in Chicago, at the Chinatown Square Plaza, a Mid-Autumn carnival featuring lion dances, Kung Fu shows and ethnic music cheered up locals and tourists.
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Snow skin (雪皮 xuepi /shwair-pee/) mooncakes are non-baked mooncakes, which originated in Hong Kong, and have become fashionable in China. Lotus seed paste is considered the most luxurious mooncake filling.ĭue to the high price of lotus paste, white kidney bean paste is sometimes used as filler, sometimes with duck eggs, so make sure you don't go too cheap and get a real lotus paste mooncake. Lotus seed paste (莲蓉 lianrong /lyen-rong/) mooncakes are a famous Mid-Autumn Festival dessert of Cantonese origin, which have become popular all over China and even overseas.
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