Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival celebrations!
September 24th, 2012 by Mr. C
The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is one of the most festive & celebratory holidays in chinese culture sitting right behind the Lunar new year blastoffs! The Moon Festival is a time to reflect back upon the thankings for the summer’s harvest, the fullness of the moon, and to pay respects to the folklore of the goddess of the moon. Eating and sharing Moon Cakes as well as lighting candles and lanterns are a few ways to celebrate the occassion with your loved ones. Many compare the Mid-Autumn festival as the chinese thanksgiving of sorts because of giving ‘Thanks’ to the abundance and generosity of food! Moon cakes are symbolic to this holiday of gratitude.
I started off the mid-autumn moon festivities by attending the 10th annual Autumn Moon Festival & Children’s Lantern Parade at Sara D Roosevelt Park in NYC’s Chinatown by Canal Street. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay for very long but I was able to catch a few plates of ‘Dim Sum’ for the soul as the celebrations will continue onwards until September 30th. The event program included performances of traditional lion dancing, ballet, the children’s lantern parade, modeling, an Acrobatic Troupe, a modern dance troupe, Kung Fu demonstrations, singing, & a hip hop martial art dance troupe!
Get down with some moon cake today and celebrate like there’s no tomorrow! Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival!
(Hosts – Jesse Chow & Mr. Wang(singer))
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