14th September 2008, today is Moon cake festival. For those of my friends are not Chinese or foreigner who don’t know how moon cakes look like then the pictures are shown below. Check it out.
There is history behind of it:
Mooncakes earned their popularity during the Yuan Dynasty (1200 A.D.- 1368 A.D) when, as legends say, the Mongols who had established the Yuan Dynasty were too oppressive, and were overthrown by the Chinese with the help of this simple dessert. Since Mongols did not eat mooncakes, the Chinese took advantage of this cultural difference and planned a revolt against them. Leaders of the revolts distributed mooncakes, under the pretense of celebrating the emperor’s longevity, to other Chinese people. The mooncakes held secret messages baked within the skin, informing people to revolt on the 15th of the 8th moon, also the Autumn Moon festival. The rebellion was successful and mooncakes were forever kept a national tradition of China.
All types of Moon cakes:
now moon cake quite expensive..one already cost bout rm10 ++…but what to do,also need to buy..how you celebrate at KL?
By: TNH on September 15, 2008
at 7:39 am
ya, i do agree that moon cake quite expensive…i didn’t celebrate moon cake festival in KL…the environment here is different compare back in Sarawak…it reminds me last time i was young playing with “teng lung” walking around the house compound…it’s fun though…but now too old for it…haha…u can’t even feel the mood of moon cake festival unless u go out to the KL city…well, i just stay at home as usual but went out with friend for dinner only…have u eaten moon cake? did u celebrate in KK? if yes, how?
By: lovely_gal on September 15, 2008
at 2:45 pm
cchmmmil lorr………….bule rse cket?????whakakakakaka!!!!!
By: nyna[cicakmati] on December 27, 2008
at 8:18 am