The second biggest Chinese holiday of the year is celebrated with the giving of mooncakes, family dinners of auspicious autumn foods and, in two villages on Hong Kong Island, a fire dragon dance usually.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, coming on September 10, 2022, may be traditional, but the mysterious power of the moon has inspired some curious and novel Cantonese colloquialisms, explains Post senior editor Luisa Tam.
Before premium, brand-name mooncakes became the must-gift seasonal treat – there was the legend of moon goddess Chang’e and the folk tale about Ming Dynasty revolutionaries
In the Mid-Autumn Festival legend of how Chang’e the Chinese moon goddess ended up on the moon, did she sacrifice herself or give in to greed?
The second biggest Chinese holiday of the year is full of tradition – from mooncakes, lanterns to how it’s celebrated, and what the legend is behind the festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated throughout East Asia. We look at how five countries mark the occasion, the special foods they eat and the myths and legends associated with it.
What’s on over the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend in Hong Kong this year? A list of fun activities to take part in, from a Disney movie night under the full moon to where to shop for the best lanterns.
Mooncakes are steeped in tradition, but everyone I know hates them and only eats them out of a sense of duty. We gave up shark fin and foot binding, so why not mooncakes?
