Happy Mid Autumn Festival

[SunWuKong]

http://www.chinavoc.com/festivals/images/change1.jpg

Happy Mid Autumn Festival!
There are several Chinese legends surrounding the Mid Autumn Festival. one of which (and i think there are actually different versions of this legend) is about a beautiful woman that lives on the moon. Here is a link (http://www.chinavoc.com/festivals/Midautumn_Le.htm) to that legend.

Eat lots of mooncakes! (But not too many because they're really fatty.)

[Chester]

Happy Mid Autumn Festival!

Right back at you.

Went to the SF Chinatown festival this past Sunday. Nice time.

Just had a wedge of moon cake for the first time in a couple years. Reminded me of why I've avoided them for a couple years.

[ChinaLama]

right now i'm eating some yam stuffed w/ rice. :-) i've been eating mooncake for almost a week or so, though, so that's not gonna be quite as fun, but still fun enough. :-D

[artsfartsyjanet]

Gosh, I'm so out of the loop, but I guess i was told awhile ago that moon festival had already taken place.... Moon cakes... haven't eaten those things in awhile.

[SunWuKong]

Gosh, I'm so out of the loop, but I guess i was told awhile ago that moon festival had already taken place.... Moon cakes... haven't eaten those things in awhile.


yeah i totally forgot about it until last night. i just don't remember festivals unless i see signs of it in the places i traverse, or people around me are mentioning it. i don't live in an area with a high concentration of Chinese people, and i've been pretty busy to socialise lately.

this just makes me miss HK, because you'd never miss the fact that a Chinese festival was coming up.

[yoMAMA]

yeah i totally forgot about it until last night. i just don't remember festivals unless i see signs of it in the places i traverse, or people around me are mentioning it. i don't live in an area with a high concentration of Chinese people, and i've been pretty busy to socialise lately.

this just makes me miss HK, because you'd never miss the fact that a Chinese festival was coming up.


moon cakes.....yummmmmmmmmmmmy!

I'm having some tonight :D

[yoMAMA]

moon cakes.....yummmmmmmmmmmmy!

I'm having some tonight :D

And that's a nice picture of the moon goddess right there.
:heart:

[AngryABCGirl]

mooncakes!!!
=)=)=)=)

[SunWuKong]

by the way, do any other cultures beside Chinese culture celebrate this festival? i think it's also called the Moon Festival.

[SunWuKong]

i remember when i was a kid in HK, we'd carry around paper lanterns.

and kids would boil wax in a can until it explodes. :p

[karizma]

hehe this is where i admit i dont know much about my heritage...

is this mid autumn festival mainly a chinese thing? because about a week ago i went to a moon festival which was like an all vietnamese celebration...just wondering if there was any correlation XD

[SunWuKong]

hehe this is where i admit i dont know much about my heritage...

is this mid autumn festival mainly a chinese thing? because about a week ago i went to a moon festival which was like an all vietnamese celebration...just wondering if there was any correlation XD


i don't know if it's mainly a Chinese thing. that's why i was asking if other cultures have this same festival. but if it was a "moon festival" that you went to, then it's probably the same as this one.

did you eat mooncakes?

[kasia]

Eat lots of mooncakes! (But not too many because they're really fatty.)

there are new kinds of mooncake that aren't as fatty. just thought you should know. :dance:

[VV o n g B a]

it's not just coincidence that the moon festival falls on the same day as the korean and japanese holidays of ancestor tribute right?

[seanp]

i don't know if it's mainly a Chinese thing. that's why i was asking if other cultures have this same festival. but if it was a "moon festival" that you went to, then it's probably the same as this one.

did you eat mooncakes?

It's the same moon festival but just in different forms with different folklores :D

[kasia]

omg, it's been a year. yet another mid-autumn's fest spent on YW together. cheers!

[AngryABCGirl]

my ass is expanding because of mooncakes.

sucks not having anywhere/anything to do in Davis

[AliBabaIncorporated]

and kids would boil wax in a can until it explodes. :p
Too bad, now the HK gummint broadcasts smarmy public service announcements reminding us that boiling wax is against the law. Complete with whiny little brat squealing, "older brother, PLEASE don't boil wax! waaaah!"

Boiling wax is not even very popular in M'sia, so I never saw it done before. But now I'm tempted to try just cuz of that commercial.

[BeTheReds]

it's not just coincidence that the moon festival falls on the same day as the korean and japanese holidays of ancestor tribute right?

No it's not.

The moon festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.

In Korea it's called Chusok and is a day for revering your ancestors.

In Japan it was actually split into two holidays. After the Meiji government tried to westernize everything, they started having Obon on August 15 (the 15th day of the 8th month of the solar calendar). While the practice of worshiping your ancestors (Like in a che-sa) is all but extinct, people still visit ancestral graves on the original day. Neither are national holidays, but are both important cultural days.

[applehead]

omg, it's been a year. yet another mid-autumn's fest spent on YW together. cheers!


oh wow. i can't believe it's been a year already.
a lot has changed in a year.
but not the awesome dinner my mom
will be preparing tonight.
woooo hoooo~

happy autumn!!
happy moon festival.!
happy choosuk!
=D
i really want to try mooncakes this year.

[deez nuts]

i really want to try mooncakes this year.

my mom fed you some last year.

you thought it was disgusting like the pickled bean curd.

[yoMAMA]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-01/09/xin_b5773c88e7b249c281aa1ceb579c9167_yuebing.jpg

some e-mooncake for everyone.....

:biggrin:

[hooligan]

happy autum. : ) i was at LA chinatown's festival. it was cool. i hung out with some of the youth. they're awesome.

[artsfartsyjanet]

how long does mid autumn festival last?

[bluemonq]

^ these days it's usually just one day, although i suppose they used to make a few days of it.

i don't know if it's mainly a Chinese thing. that's why i was asking if other cultures have this same festival. but if it was a "moon festival" that you went to, then it's probably the same as this one.

the "mid-autumn" version of the name works better; i believe a point of the festival (besides celebrating all of the legends, although i could be wrong) is to celebrate after the harvest has been completed. since many asian countries used analagous lunar calendars, it would make sense that their harvest times would co-incide.

my $0.03...

EDIT: inflation i guess. im not going to fix it...

[applehead]

my goodness. those mooncakes
are expensive. i went to the chinese bakery to
get me some. and they were 5 dollars a piece.
the lotus seed with the yolk....

[hooligan]

my goodness. those mooncakes
are expensive. i went to the chinese bakery to
get me some. and they were 5 dollars a piece.
the lotus seed with the yolk....
time for me to go to the ATM.

[kasia]

my mom fed you some last year.

you thought it was disgusting like the pickled bean curd.


happy over one year anniversary!!!!! you guys are supposed to eat moon cakes and watch the moon together tonight. in cantonese, they call it "serng yuet" but i have no idea what it means.

[kuilong]

Eating too many mooncakes makes you really sick. --;;

[applehead]

happy over one year anniversary!!!!! you guys are supposed to eat moon cakes and watch the moon together tonight. in cantonese, they call it "serng yuet" but i have no idea what it means.

aw. thanks kasie!!
you is too sweet.

i just want to say that
i never tried mooncakes and
i don't think it's disgusting.
and it would be rude for me
to say that. so shaddup. bunboy.

[seanp]

it rained like hell today.. I wish i can eating under the glaring moon, while mingling with my friends haha..

[lethal]

happy over one year anniversary!!!!! you guys are supposed to eat moon cakes and watch the moon together tonight. in cantonese, they call it "serng yuet" but i have no idea what it means.
Its too cloudy to see the moon tonight.

[truMp]

The moon is huge tonight! With the orange glow, it looks spectacular. Mooncake rocks too, I could eat this stuff forever; weeeee.

[SunWuKong]

happy over one year anniversary!!!!! you guys are supposed to eat moon cakes and watch the moon together tonight. in cantonese, they call it "serng yuet" but i have no idea what it means.

相月 (i think). it just means to look at the moon? not sure if there's something more to it than that.

[artsfartsyjanet]

it's a clear night to see the moon here in st.louis. =)

[AliBabaIncorporated]

相月 (i think). it just means to look at the moon? not sure if there's something more to it than that.
賞月. 賞 as in 欣賞 (to appreciate). Yeah, just a fancy-ass way of saying "look at the moon."

[deez nuts]

happy over one year anniversary!!!!! you guys are supposed to eat moon cakes and watch the moon together tonight. in cantonese, they call it "serng yuet" but i have no idea what it means.

such a romantic. there's that story behind it that most chinese moms tell their daughters.

that's a good one. no really, please stop.

**throws up**

[kimpossible]

??. ? as in ?? (to appreciate). Yeah, just a fancy-ass way of saying "look at the moon."

same in japanese. different character but still means moon viewing.

i think i'll just go for a hayride and hot apple cider this year.