Moon Festival Evening Tea
"May we live long and share the beauty of the moon together, even if we are a hundred miles apart." ~ Unknown poet internet On September 27 many people around the world will be celebrating the Moon Festival also known as the Harvest Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Traditional celebrations take place on this date in China and other neighboring Asian countries. The Chinese have celebrated the harvest during the autumn full moon since the Shang Dynasty (16th to 10th century B.C.) Moon Cakes are eaten on this night and given as gifts to family members and hosts. They are cut into wedges and served with tea. Typically moon cakes are sold in tin squares and are individually wrapped. The fat content is epic! Many cakes are filled with lotus bean paste and an egg yolk. It doesn't take many wedges to fill your appetite. Not a great photo...but this is a photo I took in 2003 in the Sichuan area of China during the week of the...