What is Moon Festival?

The Moon Festival is also known as the Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival. It is a harvest festival, and some people compare it to Thanksgiving in American culture.

The Moon Festival is celebrated in mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. It takes place in the middle of autumn on a full moon evening. Watch this video to hear the legend of the Chinese Moon Festival. The story involves a brilliant archer who shot down nine suns, his beautiful wife who became a moon goddess, and a rabbit.

What do people do for Moon Festival?

The tradition is that families will get together to have meals, appreciate the Moon, and enjoy the flowers. The children will be busy making or carrying rabbit lanterns.

What do people eat for Moon Festival?

Can you guess which kind of food people have to celebrate this festival?

What’s a moon cake?

Chinese families usually have moon cakes 月饼(yuè bǐng) during the festival. Here are some fun questions about 月饼(yuè bǐng):

#1: What does 月饼(yuè bǐng) mean?

#2: What’s 月饼(yuè bǐng)?

A cake that looks like a moon.

A cake that has a moon inside.

A moon that looks like a cake.

A moon that has a cake inside.

#3: What does 月饼(yuè bǐng) taste like?

Does it taste like ice cream? Pork meat, chestnut, coconut, eggs, or a pastry? Or does it taste like a moon?

#4: Where can you find 月饼(yuè bǐng)?

In your fridge? In the supermarket or an online shop? In a post office, or a candy store? Would you find one in a Chinese restaurant?

If you have spotted 月饼(yuè bǐng), we invite you to take a photo and send it to story@creativechineseclub.com.