Mid-Autumn Festival is a great time for celebrating family, friends, and good fortune. One tradition of the Mid-Autumn festival is to eat pears to symbolize the desire to avoid separation and to imply a desire to reunite with people. In Mandarin, “pear” is homophonous with “separate”, both pronounced as “li”. Like a pomegranate, the seeds of a watermelon symbolize fertility and the round shape symbolizes family reunion. The many seeds of a pomegranate symbolize new life and the red color of the fruit is believed to bring good fortune. Similar to Jewish culture, pomegranates are viewed as a sign of fertility. Eating pumpkins at the Mid-Autumn Festival is thought to bring health and longevity. The English translation for Pumpkin comes from Chinese 南瓜, “Southern Melon” from the folklore of a daughter who found a pumpkin in the Southern Mountains that she fed to her dying parents, which helped restore them to health. Like the full moon, round mooncakes symbolize family and harmony. Small round cakes with a thick pastry shell filled with a variety of different ingredients such as egg yolk, nuts, lotus seed paste, red bean paste, and fruit. Here are some traditional foods are eaten for the Mid-Autumn Festival: While the activities may differ from one culture to the next, the biggest commonality is the use of specific foods for celebrations. In Vietnam, it’s called the “Children’s Festival” and young children carry lanterns as they feast on mooncakes and watch lion dances. How this joyful event is celebrated differs from country to country.įor example, in South Korea, the Mid-Autumn Festival which is called Chuseok, is essentially the Korean equivalent to American Thanksgiving and is spread across three days. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15 th day of the eighth lunar month, this year the festival falls on September 21 st. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a major traditional festival recognized by many East and Southeast Asian countries including China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
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