10/2/2012
Zephyrin Tsoi
100231347
There is one day of the year where every family comes together to celebrate the moon at its fullest and brightest night. Some people see it as a reason to give and share, to others it may seem like a remembrance of how china revolutionized during their different dynasties. But to me, it’s a day to remember why families are united, why it is so important to create these days to just remind yourself how important it is to be together.
Zephyrin Tsoi
100231347
There is one day of the year where every family comes together to celebrate the moon at its fullest and brightest night. Some people see it as a reason to give and share, to others it may seem like a remembrance of how china revolutionized during their different dynasties. But to me, it’s a day to remember why families are united, why it is so important to create these days to just remind yourself how important it is to be together.
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| Credit: Zephyrin Tsoi |
Mid-Autumn Festival, or as most Asians would call it the
Lunar Festival, is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the 8th
month according to the lunar calendar. This may be just another day of the
year, but to some people, this day is more then just another festival. But of
course, everyone sees this festival differently according to his or her
religion, vision, and mostly, family traditions.
Even though everyone sees this festival differently, there
is one thing that will always be the same, moon cakes.
As mid-autumn festival arrives, the sight of moon cakes
become more and more visible everywhere you go. Moon cakes is a traditional
chinese pastry made out of lotus paste with a salty egg yolk right in centre
with a golden brown crust that is shaped in symbols of the festival. The taste
of moon cakes was so sweet that people could barely finish one on their own.
Families usually come together to open one moon cake, split in 4 or 8 pieces,
and matching it with a strong herbal tea. If good weather, some families would even
have a barbeque or hotpot outside under the moon to celebrate this festival as
if they were celebrating with everyone else under the same bright moon.
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| Credit: Amy Yeong |
Sweetness has already pampered people’s mind that sweet is
happy. Despite the many calories that each moon cake carries, just having the
opportunity to be there with family, watching every single smiling face,
enjoying that tiny piece of moon cake is already brightening the night before it
ends. Being together really helps relationships grow stronger and help
understand one another. Despite all the differences that people might have,
festivals are ways to bring people together to just brush the little things off
and appreciate the things that you have at that very moment.
It would only be right to indulge a bit and enjoy the sweet taste of moon cake during this mid-autumn festival under the brightest night of the year.
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