It's mid-autumn festival again... Mooncakes! mooncakes! everywhere.
There are several legends about mooncakes, in particular, the popular one is the one about war - that the secret message was hidden in the mooncakes and passed down to everybody out there and....
About communication media...
Putting aside the taste and the look of the mooncake, hey, look at the communication media used! Even food served as a vehicle of communication so many decades ago! The Chinese were really innovative, right? Who would have thought of 'embedding' slips of papers into food! Of course, this tactic has been copied umpteen times as we watched movies and dramas!
Of course, apart from mooncake, another amazing way to 'post' letter/messages by air - with the pigeons! 飞鸽传书。Never have we seen that in any western movie... but the pigeons are such convenient and reliable postman in the past! It's amazing!!!
About appreciation of language and culture...
Just wondering... to many of us, especially in Singapore, apart from celebrating the festival because it's part of the Chinese culture, what else make it more meaningful?
It was a joke highlighted on the papers last year... that banners hanging outside the community clubs and RCs named the festival - "Mooncake Festival"!!!! OK, the banner were written in English!!! So, are we celebrating the mid-autumn Festival or the mooncake festival? I wonder...
Another highlight on this day, the 15th of the lunar August will be the lanterns! Oh yes, the lovely lanterns that is make up of the 'cane' frame with colourful cellophane papers - that make up the different animals and vehicles... oh yes, to light it up, we really have to use candles!!! This have evolved over the years and to a large extent, loses its essence already! Why? In the name of fusion (?) when the Japanese style lanterns are introduced? In the name of safety (?), progress(?), lanterns operate with batteries! OK, fortunately, our 'clever community' has not introduced the new deviation - "Lantern Festival" “ 灯笼节”.
There are several legends about mooncakes, in particular, the popular one is the one about war - that the secret message was hidden in the mooncakes and passed down to everybody out there and....
About communication media...
Putting aside the taste and the look of the mooncake, hey, look at the communication media used! Even food served as a vehicle of communication so many decades ago! The Chinese were really innovative, right? Who would have thought of 'embedding' slips of papers into food! Of course, this tactic has been copied umpteen times as we watched movies and dramas!
Of course, apart from mooncake, another amazing way to 'post' letter/messages by air - with the pigeons! 飞鸽传书。Never have we seen that in any western movie... but the pigeons are such convenient and reliable postman in the past! It's amazing!!!
About appreciation of language and culture...
Just wondering... to many of us, especially in Singapore, apart from celebrating the festival because it's part of the Chinese culture, what else make it more meaningful?
It was a joke highlighted on the papers last year... that banners hanging outside the community clubs and RCs named the festival - "Mooncake Festival"!!!! OK, the banner were written in English!!! So, are we celebrating the mid-autumn Festival or the mooncake festival? I wonder...
Another highlight on this day, the 15th of the lunar August will be the lanterns! Oh yes, the lovely lanterns that is make up of the 'cane' frame with colourful cellophane papers - that make up the different animals and vehicles... oh yes, to light it up, we really have to use candles!!! This have evolved over the years and to a large extent, loses its essence already! Why? In the name of fusion (?) when the Japanese style lanterns are introduced? In the name of safety (?), progress(?), lanterns operate with batteries! OK, fortunately, our 'clever community' has not introduced the new deviation - "Lantern Festival" “ 灯笼节”.
~o~o~ A beautiful card from Mr Low ~o~o~
是牡丹吗？牡丹，总是会令我想起月亮。。。有团圆的感觉。。。
一口甜甜的饼，再来一杯幽香的茶。。。哇！ 是一种享受！
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For Your Info
农历八月十五日，是传统的中秋节，也是仅次于春节的第二大传统节日。其实中秋节还有其他少人知的名称：
中秋节也称仲秋节、团圆节、八月节等，也流行于朝鲜、日本和越南等邻国。
因为秋季的七、八、九三个月（指农历），八月居中，而八月的三十天中，又是十五居中，所以称之为中秋节。
又因此夜浩月当空，民间多于此夜合家团聚，故又称团圆节。
去考一考你的老爸，告诉他，你比他知道更多，哈哈哈哈…………
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