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Happy Moon Festival!

It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend! To the Chinese, this is the single most important day of the year after Chinese New Year. Celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, it falls in the exact midst of autumn. Hence, “mid-autumn”.

Many legends and customs surround this much celebrated festival. Who hasn’t heard the story of the beautiful Chang’e flying to the moon, or the one of the adorable rabbit who sacrificed his own flesh to feed a hungry old man?

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The most popular tradition is undoubtedly the eating of mooncakes. There are several variations of the history behind it. One that I particularly like is the story of the Chinese overthrowing their Mongolian rulers by coordinating a rebellion through mooncakes with specially hidden messages.

Here’s a list of all the Chinese mooncakes I have featured over the years for your festive enjoyment :)

Mooncakes in Singapore

Mooncakes around the world

Mid-Autumn Festival greeting card

Tags: Mid-autumn, mooncake

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Casey
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Today is the day – mid-autumn festival. Happy mid-autumn festival to everyone.
Regards
Casey
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Posted October 3, 2009 at 10:15 am
Melissa
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Happy belated Moon Festival!!
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Posted October 7, 2009 at 7:07 pm
- Veron
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  Same to you! Hope you enjoyed your mooncakes this year :)
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  Posted October 7, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Deano
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Mooncakes are so strange! I can’t get my head around the hard boiled egg in the middle :)
I did buy one (my first ever) this year, a fruit and nut one, tasted a little like christmas cake, but I could not bring myself to bite into the egg yolk.
Strange thing is I actually like eggs.
I was in Singapore about 10 years ago, just landed from 4 months snowboarding in NZ. You get strange looks walking the streets of Singapore with a snowboard in you hands :) (Well back then I did :)
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Posted October 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm
- Veron
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  Haha I’m pretty sure you would still draw attention with your snowboard in Singapore today. We don’t get any snow, so snowboards are a strange sight here.
  If you like eggs in general, I think you would have no problem liking the salted yolk that comes in mooncakes. The salty flavour helps to lessen the cloyingly sweet taste of the lotus paste filling.
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  Posted October 25, 2009 at 2:01 pm
mike
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These look so good. I have seen them online before. I am sure I would love them.
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Posted October 25, 2009 at 9:16 am