The filling can also contain one or more whole salted duck egg yolks, symbolising the moon. Mooncakes (simplified Chinese: 月饼 traditional Chinese: 月餅) are traditionally round or rectangular pastries, with a thin lard or oil pastry crust surrounding a rich, thick filling made from red bean or lotus seed paste. A moon cake (image: by Lybil BER (Photographie personelle), via Wikimedia Commons) The festival is most known for the eating of mooncakes (it can also be known as Moon Festival or Mooncake festival). It usually falls near to the autumn equinox and celebrates the end of the autumn harvest. The festival has been celebrated for thousands of years, and is accompanied by various traditional stories, characters, customs and comestibles. On this day Chinese and Vietnamese people traditionally celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (simplified Chinese: 中秋节 traditional Chinese: 中秋節), one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. As well as being International Translation Day, this year 30 September is the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a centuries-long tradition that is very important to Chinese culture throughout the world, and it is recognized as a meaningful tradition to the Chinese communities within our Butler and Indianapolis communities as well.In the Chinese calendar, today marks a significant date.
The festival is celebrated in China, but Chinese communities throughout the United States also celebrate this important holiday. “The most important part of the festival is the moon,” Wang said “They’re basically trying to pray to the moon for good luck”.
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Since Chinese culture uses the lunar calendar, the moon is always full and bright during this holiday. The festival is all about bringing families together and praying for good luck. Mid-Autumn festival dates back to the Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. Mooncakes are Asian pastries that contain a variety of fillings including red bean paste, black sesame seeds and various fruits. Mooncakes are one of the most popular elements of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which are made and eaten during the celebration. “My grandpa would be pointing to the moon and says that’s probably Chang’e and her rabbit making mooncakes.” “We believe that she lives in the moon, along with her pet rabbit,” Wang said. Wang said the most popular legend he was told during the festival is about Chang’e. Senior pharmacy student X Wang said that the fairytales his grandfather would tell were some of his favorite memories from celebrating the festival as a child. Many legends or “fairy tales” are told when families get together to celebrate this holiday.
“They also held a show of different programs of Chinese dancing and singing.”
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“I went there and there were some vendors standing out with free mooncakes for people to taste,” Xu said. Carmel has a sister city in China, according to Xu, so the Chinese community is very strong there.
“It has a very long history along the history, people might have different ways to celebrate it.”ĭown the road from Butler in the Carmel Arts & Design District, there was a community celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. “I believe this is probably one of the most important festivals for the Chinese community no matter where they are in the world,” Xu said. The lunar calendar is based on the phases of the moon and marks its months accordingly.Īccording to Xiaowen Xu, an assistant professor of strategic communication, the Mid-Autumn festival means a great deal to the Chinese community. This year, the festival takes place on Sept. Photo courtesy of Unsplash.ĪMELIA MAXWELL | STAFF REPORTER | Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival, is a very important holiday in Chinese culture. Mooncakes are an integral part of the eponymous Chinese holiday.
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