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Mid-Autumn Festival: history, tradition and stories
Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar calendar month. During it, families reunite and celebrate with mooncakes and lanterns.
Updated: 21 Sep, 2021
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Explainer | What’s Mid-Autumn Festival all about? Legends and facts unpacked
Ancient event was held to celebrate family while giving thanks to crop harvest, and its spirit lives on, albeit altered to suit contemporary culture.
22 Sep, 2018
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A history of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in Hong Kong
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.
20 Sep, 2021
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Lantern maker for Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong on his love of the craft
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.
17 Sep, 2021
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Tai Hang’s fire dragon dance, a Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival tradition
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.
18 Sep, 2021
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Truffle and gold leaf mooncakes? Accent on luxury this Mid-Autumn Festival
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.
19 Sep, 2021
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How to make traditional mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival
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.
18 Sep, 2021
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Why do we eat mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival?
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
29 Sep, 2020
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Mooncakes then and now
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.
30 Aug, 2019
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My Hong Kong | Please, mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn festival don’t need updating
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?
11 Sep, 2021
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Explainer | Does Thanksgiving food top Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival fare?
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.
26 Nov, 2020
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Lanterns light up HK’s Tai O village
14 Sep, 2021
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How to make Macanese pasteis de nata, Macau-style Portuguese egg tarts
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.
17 Sep, 2021
