Families gather for celebrations, to eat dinner and share moon cakes as a way to thank the moon for a good harvest. These cakes are filled with sweet-tasting bean paste or with lotus seeds or another filling. Moon cakes are the food of choice on this holiday. This is always in mid-fall, sometime in later September or early October. In 2020, the Chinese government reported that more than 637 million people traveled within China, creating. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, on a full moon day. Moon worship has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries. Three or four (if Mid-Autumn Festival is near National Day) days of paid leave are given, and surrounding weekends rescheduled so that workers always have seven or eight continuous days off. Limited edition Pink Prestige Box of 4 is up for grab too, only 1000 for sale. The festival, marking the end of the autumn harvest, occurs during the middle of autumn when the moon is at its fullest. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month (Latsch). This festival has been known in China since ancient times, and it signifies the end of the season of fieldwork, harvesting, and threshing crops. Get Hilton KL Mid-Autumn 2015 Red Prestige Box of 4 at RM105, a red colour box fashionably packed with a lavishly designed box inspired by Louis Vuitton trunks with stitch-effect finishing. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, has its origins in ancient Chinese folklore and legends. Mid-Autumn Festival is the third of the major Chinese holidays, in addition to the New Year and Summer Holiday. With extra creamy, pure durian flesh as the filling, it somehow explains why it is the top seller in Chynna mooncakes list.Ģ) Baked Lotus Paste with Single Yolk 單黃純蓮蓉 (HALAL) RM27ģ) Baked Pandan Paste with Single Yolk 單黃金翡翠 (HALAL) RM27Ĥ) Baked Red Bean Paste with Almond Flake 杏仁紅豆沙 (HALAL) RM27ĥ) Baked White Lotus Paste with Single Yolk 單黃白蓮蓉 (HALAL) RM27Ħ) Traditional Baked with Five Nuts 古法伍仁豆 RM28ġ) Fiery Phoenix Snow SKin Lotus Paste with Spices & Lemongrass 火鳳凰 RM29Ģ)Blue Moon Snow Skin Amaretto Lotus Paste with Blueberry Cheese Feuillantine 冰皮籃梅芝士玉環 RM27ģ) Flower Drum Snow Skin Lotus Paste with Soft Custard Egg Yolk 喜慶紫花鼓 RM27Ĥ) Snow Skin with Pure Premium Musang King Durian 冰皮貓山王 RM42 Nowadays, Mid-Autumn Festival is the grandest festival in China second only to Chinese New Year. Back during the Zhou Dynasty (1045-221 BC), moon worshiping ritual was practiced to pray for abundant harvests. Also back by popular demand at Hilton KL is their highly sought after Heavenly Gold mooncake inspired by the creme de la creme of King of Fruits- Musang King Durian. Originally, the Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated to worship the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival always falls on the 15 th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, so we had Thursday and Friday off from teaching and a long weekend to relax I asked my Chinese friends Emily, Mervin, Gari, Andy, Skyler, and Hebe to tell me more about the Mid-Autumn festival.
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