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A mooncake (simplified Chinese: 月饼; traditional Chinese: 月餅) is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節). [1] The festival is primarily about the harvest while a legend connects it to moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy.
What's the meaning behind mooncakes? The central theme surrounding mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival is that of community. Kao said, “For a lot of Asian Americans, for all of us who are born ...
Add the shaped balls of mooncake into the mould and press to make into a mooncake shape. Place the formed mooncakes on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Bake the mooncakes for 6 minutes
The senior person in that household would cut the mooncakes into pieces and distribute them to each family member, signifying family reunion. [23] In modern times, however, making mooncakes at home has given way to the more popular custom of giving mooncakes to family members, although the meaning of maintaining familial unity remains.
Besides mooncakes, there aren’t really specific dishes for this holiday (unlike for Lunar New Year, which features many symbolic foods). That’s because this festival is more about acts and ...
Yueguangbing (Chinese: 月光饼; lit. 'moonlight biscuit'), also called moonlight cake, Hakka mooncake, and sometimes referred as Hakka mooncake biscuits [1] or Hakka Moonlight cake in English, is a form of traditional mooncake of Hakka origins.
Snow skin mooncake, snowy mooncake, ice skin mooncake or crystal mooncake is a Chinese confection eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a cold mooncake with glutinous rice skin, originating from Hong Kong. [1] [2] Snow skin mooncakes are also found in Macau, mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. [3]
Bo Bing (Mandarin Chinese: 博餅; pinyin: Bóbǐng; also known in Hokkien Chinese: 博餅 / 跋餅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Poa̍h-piáⁿ, or Hokkien Chinese: 跋狀元餅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Po̍ah-chiōng-gôan-piáⁿ) is a Chinese dice game traditionally played as part of the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.