Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Mid-Autumn Day

       Next Monday is Mid-Autumn Day. Mid-Autumn Day is a Chinese traditional festival .  Mid-Autumn Day, now is a public holiday, and in that day most of Chinese will reunion with their families.    At that night, they will get a delicious dinner with their families. After dinner, many families will offer a  sacrifice to the moon.
   
      Moon Cake is the traditional food in Mid-Autumn Day. There are many kinds of moon cake, like egg yolk moon cake, lotus seed paste mooncake,seafood moon cake,snowy mooncake and so on.
Moon Cake

egg yolk moon cake
      









































    In south China another food is also very popular, that is river snail. 
River Snails


    Except  moon cake, there are many tasty fruits to eat in that day, like coconut, apple, grapefruit and so on!
    
     Fire Dragon Dance  is an other traditional activity in Mid-Autumn Day. Many strong young men lifting the Fire Dragon and running around. It's very liveliness!
Fire Dragon Dance   ---in HK

Fire Dragon Dance
    


























































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