Moon Cake Season Again!
It’s moon cake season again. The time when those lemonade type stands pop up out of nowhere on every street corner and seemingly in every restaurant and business in And it is all to sell the ever popular moon cake! It is sorta like a cross between a birthday cake and a Christmas fruit cake. It is certainly nothing like a Moon Pie. No, these cakes are rather beautiful. They are usually artfully molded into a form with the picture of the moon. But inside they generally have some mysterious surprise of like the yolk of a duck egg. So enticing? Huh?
The celebration is much like Thanksgiving in Western cultures. Only this outranks a little in age, going back some 3000 years. The official holiday is the day the moon is at its fullest in the Autumn. Hence, it is known at the Mid-Autumn Festival. But Moon Festival is also a frequent moniker for the event.
The cakes are rather rich and dense. Don’t make my mistake and bite into a big one. Better to eat this cake by cutting and taking in small doses. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Labels: China Holidays, Dongguan, Life in China, Moon Cake
posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 4:58 PM
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