Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.
The Moon Festival is also an occasion for family reunions. When the full moon rises, families get together to watch the full moon, eat moon cakes, and sing moon poems. With the full moon, the legend, the family and the poems, you can't help thinking that this is really a perfect world. That is why the Chinese are so fond of the Moon Festival.
The Moon Festival is also a romantic one. A perfect night for the festival is if it is a quiet night without a silk of cloud and with a little mild breeze from the sea. Lovers spend such a romantic night together tasting the delicious moon cake with some wine while watching the full moon. Even for a couple who can't be together, they can still enjoy the night by watching the moon at the same time so it seems that they are together at that hour. A great number of poetry has been devoted to this romantic festival. Hope the Moon Festival will bring you happiness.
The moon cake (in Chinese called Tiong Cu Pia) is the food for the Moon Festival. The Chinese eat the moon cake at night with the full moon in the sky.
As far as I know, there are two kinds of moon cake; the round-thin that filled with vary tastes like chocolate, durian, cempedak, etc., and the brown thick one with Chinese words printed on its top which is usually filled with salted egg. I never eat the brown one, since my mom never bought it. I love the round-thin one anyway. *grin*
Pictures: Wikipedia, me
mao yg durian donk....kirim 1 kesini.....hahahahaha
ReplyDeletei should've found this earlier when i did my post.
ReplyDeletenice.
waah Spedaman pernah nyobain tp lupa kue yang mana.
ReplyDeletepada dasarnya hanya ada makanan yg enak dan sangat enak:p
wakakaka...
Semangka ujiannya!!
Hello Devi, how are you. It's been a while. Yes, i do agree with you that Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. There's the ghosts festivals where when there's anything wrong, the ghosts gets the blame. Moon cakes is too sweet for me but i do enjoy it during this festival.
ReplyDeleteduhhh gue ga makan kue bulannn...kangen tion ciu pia nyaaa hahaha
ReplyDeleteiya nih gw mau abnget yg duriann...
ReplyDeletepasti asik
I have never had a mooncake but looking at those pictures has got my mouth watering!
ReplyDeleteI thought that your Bataknese...
ReplyDeletehmmm, but i wonder where do i can get the one with durian taste :9
maooo bagi dunkkkk.... *ngiler*
ReplyDelete@avante: my mom is a Chinese :) So half Bataknese and half Chinese I am? You name it lah, LOL..
ReplyDeletehaaaaahh gw kok bisa ngga tahu-menahu yah? Di Australia payah sih.. but I did eat one thou.. (a friend gave me) not sure if it was on the 6th.. thx for the info anyway.. DuH!!.. (beginilah susahnya mengikuti kebudayaan timur di barat) ;-)
ReplyDeleteI missed it as well.
ReplyDeleteI was dining away with my friend when she mentioned that the Moon Festival was on two days ago... and spent the following 10mins lamenting over missed opportunity of good food in Chinatown.
On the other hand, the Japanese turns out to observe the Moon Festival as well. There was this rabbit-shaped 'usagi' sweets sold at a fancy sweets store - they are too cute to be eaten!
@pengamat: gw juga baru tau gara2 denger di radio pas pagi2 tgl 6 di jalan pas mo ke kampus. Ada cerita pagi gtu di female radio morning coffee, jadi gw searching2 deh di internet buat posting disini. LOL. Don't worry, setelah sekian lama gw juga baru tau sekarang hahaha...
ReplyDelete@mukuge: hm there's no great celebration here. It's ok, there will be one next year ;)
hmmm.. kmarin nggak sempat ngumpul bareng keluarga lama2.. tapi sempat dikasih beberapa potong moon cake
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