the full moon
the moon cakes
this past week has been much talk about the moon festival, which officially was celebrated last night on the eve of a full moon. it happens the 15th of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. everyone has actually been buzzing about it for weeks now. I wasn't quite sure what all the hoopla was about. But in this last week I found myself to eat lots and lots and lots moon cakes, the smell of bar-b-que in every direction, the majority of folks (not including Dream Community) going to their hometowns for a 4-day weekend with family and eating lots of moon cakes. the mid-Autumn festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year. Last night a few of us took a little break and went for a walk up the mountain near Dream Community. We rested our bums to gaze at the bright bright moon, ate moon cakes (big surprise) and pamelos. it was nearly perfect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival
