Mooncake Festival
The mooncake festival celebrates the birthday of the moon and it also known as the Mid-Autumm festival. The Chinese calendar is based on the lunar cycle and the festival is held on 8/15 of the lunar calendar on a full moon night. This year it falls on Sept 14 which is today. The moon is important to the Chinese and determines many of the festival dates. On the Autumm Moon Festival, the moon is round and family unite. Families get together to eat a special dinner which includes the mooncakes. Mooncakes go well with a cup of Chinese tea. The below pictures show a variety of Chinese tea and a Chinese teapot.
Chinese tea
There are many choices of moooncakes on sales which have also attractive and colourful design, boxes and packaging. Mooncakes are round like the moon and the shape is a symbol for togetherness and harmony. The cakes are made of pastry and have sweet fillings. The flavours are red bean paste, lotus seed paste, coconut, black sesame, green tea, pandan, durian and etc. Some have egg yolks in the centre.
The modern trend now for the fillings include white coffee, chocolate, tiramisu and fruits. Maybe these new recipes are designed to tempt the younger generation. The sweetness of the cakes represents good fortune or good harvest. Special designs are embossed on top of each cakes. Some of these design are of a traditional Chinese characters representing the old legends of the mooncakes, while othr are embossed with the logo of the shop and hotel that makes them.
Bright and colourful lantern.
Beautiful Chinese courtyard design in 1 Utama Shopping Centre to celebrate Mid Autumm Festival or Mooncake Festival.
Chinese tea
There are many choices of moooncakes on sales which have also attractive and colourful design, boxes and packaging. Mooncakes are round like the moon and the shape is a symbol for togetherness and harmony. The cakes are made of pastry and have sweet fillings. The flavours are red bean paste, lotus seed paste, coconut, black sesame, green tea, pandan, durian and etc. Some have egg yolks in the centre.
The modern trend now for the fillings include white coffee, chocolate, tiramisu and fruits. Maybe these new recipes are designed to tempt the younger generation. The sweetness of the cakes represents good fortune or good harvest. Special designs are embossed on top of each cakes. Some of these design are of a traditional Chinese characters representing the old legends of the mooncakes, while othr are embossed with the logo of the shop and hotel that makes them.
Bright and colourful lantern.
Beautiful Chinese courtyard design in 1 Utama Shopping Centre to celebrate Mid Autumm Festival or Mooncake Festival.
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