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Today is the Mid-Autumn Day which falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Mooncake Festival, Lantern Festival and Harvest Festival. This is a popular East Asian tradition of Chinese origin.

Here is a picture of the oriental beautiful Chinese lady featured as a model for the Mooncake advertisement :

The new moon day is the first day of a Chinese Lunar Month. The first day of the 8th lunar month in the year 2008 is 31st August 2008 so the Mooncake Festival is on 14 September 2008 in the Gregorian calendar. The Chinese Mid-Autumn Day is an auspicious occasion. It is a time of gathering and reunion for families and friends. This is a moment for people to come together and to enjoy mooncakes, Chinese tea and appreciate the moon at its fullest.

I like to eat mooncakes, especially those white-lotus seed paste with double egg yolks. I cannot stop eating mooncake once I cut it into 4 pieces. I can just eat the mooncake quarter piece by quarter piece until there are not many mooncakes left in the box.

Here is a picture of the traditional mooncake :

 

A quarter of a mooncake with egg yolk inside :

 

I wish you have an enjoyable Mid-Autumn Day if you celebrate Mooncake Festival. Even if you don’t, I still wish you have a wonderful Sunday with your loved ones.