Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Day!!!
Actually it's a little late, some two weeks late (It was celebrated on October 3rd this year). But you know what, it's the thought that counts.
I was introduced the this festival one year ago - as it was my first time for being in China during the event. My wife, being Chinese and all, described both the folklore and contemporary cultural practices that accompany this holiday:
- Big meal
- Sharing and eating mooncakes
- Watching the harvest-moon at night
The above mentioned activities are something of a standard for the celebration of the holiday. However, differing locations might have some variation or "extras" as I like to call them.
One year ago, during the last mid-Autumn Festival, my wife and I went out to eat a huge dinner with some friends at one the best 烧烤 (shāokǎo, or BBQ) places in Guangzhou. My wife and I thought we were finished with the festivities upon completion of the dinner and thought we would take a stroll through 花果山公园 (Hua Guo Shan Gongyuan, or Flower Fruit Mountain Park). When we got up to leave, our friends stopped us stating that we had to send the wish lantern on its way. A wish lantern? What's a wish lantern? What's all of this?
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Peace.
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