The Mid-Autumn Festival is a 3,000-year-old tradition that is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th moon, the same day as the autumnal equinox. I have 3 days of vacation, though only one day is the official holiday and the other two are borrowed from the weekend. I have to work the Sunday before and the Sunday after to make it up. I don’t see much around the city in terms of decorations or festivities. People celebrate by going home to spend time with their families and by eating mooncake, which is made up of a pastry shell, a sweet bean paste filling, and an egg yolk in the center.
Lafayette 148, the clothing company that funds the school, had a celebration at their office. They set out a buffet of snack-type food. And students from the school performed.
so do you like moon cake???
ReplyDeleteYes, I actually like the kind that they make here. I received a box of four and at first I was skeptical, but I tried it and liked it. It took me a week to polish off the box, eating a quarter here and there as an after school treat.
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