Ancient event was held to celebrate family while giving thanks to crop harvest, and its spirit lives on, albeit altered to suit contemporary culture.
As people in Hong Kong gather under the full moon with colourful lanterns, we look back at past celebrations of the festival in the city.
One of the last traditional Chinese lantern makers in Hong Kong, Ha Chung-kin, explains why – although he loves his job – he thinks the craft will die out in the city.
The fire dragon dance, performed for three nights every year at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Tai Hang for over 140 years, was born of a plague that swept what was then a fishing village.
Mooncakes with luxury and exotic ingredients have been popular for Mid-Autumn Festival 2021, with bakers and hotels clearing their shelves well ahead of the holiday, even with prices as high as US$595 for four.
Making traditional mooncakes with a filling of lotus seed paste and egg yolks takes time and effort, as the Post discovers in a lesson with Hong Kong dim sum chef Tse Sun-fuk.
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
We tried KFC’s spicy chicken mooncakes so you don’t have to.From the end of the Yuan Dynasty to modern Hong Kong, mooncakes have been the bearers of political messages.
Mooncakes are a traditional part of Mid-Autumn Festival, but people seem obsessed with inventing new shapes and fillings. Why do we need to update our traditions?
Roast turkey, mashed potato and pumpkin pie, or hairy crabs, river snails and mooncake – which do you prefer? Thanksgiving and Mid-Autumn Festival fare compared.
Hong Kong’s iconic Tai O fishing village has been decorated with 2,500 lanterns, all handcrafted by volunteers and local residents for the Mid-Autumn Festival season. The lanterns will be glowing every night from 6.30pm to 9.30pm until September 30, 2021.
(Photo: SCMP/ Winson Wong)
A variation on Portuguese egg tarts, these are easy to make, especially using commercial puff pastry, and use a unique non-rolling method to create the tart shells.
