Mid Autumn Festival!

Hello!

The once-in-a-year celebration of the Chinese traditional festival,it is finally here!In fact,it not the main or the most happening Chinese celebration though as compared to Chinese New year but yeah it does celebrate by a population people until now.Not much,but we still love to have fun during this day. yay!

It originated from a legend which I am not quite sure about what it is, but roughly,it is about a deep-in-love couple that got cursed or something and they had to be apart.And this mid-autumn day is the only day that they get to meet each other..so we celebrate it in the memory of that prosperous reunion of this sweet couple...yeah pretty much that way..hahaha you can Google it though(I don't know what am I talking about,it is more like my own legend..LOL) :D *blush and if you are wondering about how do we celebrate it..here you go..it is just like any other ordinary day but this day we will have a special dessert called "mooncake"..it taste really sweet and moist and soft.*No..I am not drooling! Let me show you some pictures,I am excited!

at the top left,it is the chinese character of
moon cake and how it is pronounced.

Moon-cakes nowadays come in multiple type of flavours and shapes.The original coating is the one you can see from this picture,yeah it is brown in colour.And now we have snowskin,jelly and even ice-cream coating which made moon cakes more colourful and attractive!And the filling in it is normally Lotus-seed-paste,red beanpaste,chocolate and even durian paste!Perhaps they are more..which I think it will be too tedious for me to name them one by one aite..I've already tested most of the flavour,except for the ice-cream ones..I am so gonna go and grab one when I have the chance. :D

Snow skin

Jelly

Ice-cream

And here comes the most exciting part about this festival!L-A-N-T-E-R-N!I personally find this quite fun because we get to write our wishes on that lantern and release it high up to the sky..and we can just write as much as we like because it is not never too heavy for the lantern to carry it up anyway..hahaha and this is like the 'wishing well' of us,because most people believe that the lantern will travel very far very high up until it reaches God and then our little wishes get fulfilled! yay!

and this is the type that we normally play,

it is made up of thin paper and it get burn up effortlessly.No jokes about this..the second you light you candle up in the lantern and it happens to tilt a little bit..there you go, the next second it will all turn into dark and terribly burnt lantern-ashes..but is quite cheap though..you can just burn up as much as you want..because that I what I do when I was young.hahha

And this are the advanced/level up design of tanglung that play by kids nowadays,

uhh!and a lot more of course,not mentioning about the electrical ones..they can even sing!Probably it is no longer a fresh thing,but I still prefer playing with candles though.

And this is my nephew's first lantern!It is hand made by his uncle..isn't it cute? :D

Too bad that I am not celebrating this day with anyone,and I am here sitting alone and feeling my own feeling which pretty much picture you how pathetic I am right now.But is okay,as I said this is not the main celebration which I can afford to miss.Ahh..I wonder how is it looks like now back at my home..I mean..let me count...it has been freaking 8 years that I do not celebrate this at home.WOW..I missed A WHOLE LOT OF FUN! == ergh...is okay.........

So yeah,hope you enjoy reading my little sharing.Have a joyful celebration!

xoxo

Loves.

Princess Evon