the mooncake festival
Originally a full moon celebration of the harvest in ancient China, the lovely Mooncake Festival is a time for feasting and rejoicing. Children show off their paper lanterns against the night sky while adults relax with tea and mooncakes, filled with exotic fare like melon seeds and yam, Singapore's Chinatown comes alive for the occasion.
Mooncakes occupy a special place in Chinese hearts for another reason, based on the legend of 14th-century rebels. In their revolt to overthrow the tyrannical Yuan Dynasty, the rebels communicated by embedding messages in mooncakes and smuggling them to their allies.
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we met up with pangga's family at chinatown last friday night..
~shots at the mrt station~
the place really came alive with the celebration of the mooncake festival.. the lights, the lanterns, the people, the sale (heehee.. =p)
i just bought 3 pashminas coz i needed one to match the dress i wore this morning to ate m's wedding.. it's 3 for 10 so why buy just one, right? =p *peace mahal*
after going through most of the shops, we went to dinner at a chinese resto right in the middle of chinatown.. for dessert they ordered durian mooncake.. yuuuuck! hahaha! i didnt even dare take a bite.. ngiiii! no offense to the most loved fruit here in SG.. but my tastebuds have learned their lessons last year when i was tricked to eat a durian ice cream.. =S i was in front of the sales lady who offered the free taste (besides there was no trash bin around) that i just swallowed it.. ='(
mooncakes remind me of our hopia.. with just a nicer presentation.. =)
im looking forward to the mooncakes that our officemates will be bringing in the next two weeks.. =D
posted by jane @ 9/24/2006 09:07:00 PM
2 Comments:
ganda ng pix! feeling ko nandiyan din ako, enjoying the mooncake festival! =D
our officemate brought some mooncakes the day before yesterday.. uhmmm.. not bad.. but i still like our hopia better.. hehehe.. =D
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