Thursday, August 27, 2015

MOON CAKE FESTIVAL - TRADITIONAL CHINESE COOKIES

MOON CAKE FESTIVAL


Chinese people celebrate Moon Cake Festival in every September, at the time moon in the sky large round  white moon and redness, month emit bright light and darker sky. Moon Cake Festival is divinity of moon and chinese people believe there is authority in the moon. They pray for peace in the world and hope prosperity from all they do in business and work. Moon Cake festival is also symbolize to ask family gathering just a cup of tea. Brother and sister send moon cake to respect their parent and gathering with family, close friend, etc. Moon cake is remaining chinese people to gathering with family. Moon Cake is cookies to bring back family more closer.
Main ingredient of Moon Cake is green beans, duck egg yolk and lard. So tasty, topping with almond, available taste of green tea, green beans, black beans, chocolate, cheese, orange, mango and strawberry. Original taste is green beans and black beans with egg yolk and both of them is favorit taste.
Beside flavor, packaging of Moon Cake in design with many varity packaging gift box is aim to attract buyers, strategy business, art and creativity. Color, image and picture is taste of oriental chinese in red are main color. Chinese people believe red color is symbolize of good luck and fortune.

Every chinese people in the whole world celebrate it, but there is something different by serving moon cake. It's depend on ethnic and custom, some people adding other cookies like cookies star, cookies fish and cookies julaihut .Something shaped like things in the sky, made of wheat flour or peanut. Seems to tell us moon doesn't exis by himself.

Many people from another clan also enjoy moon cake as favorit tradisional food and culinary vacation. Different culture different custom, so many things in this world can be learned.

In Moon Cake Festival chinese people pray use incense in the temple and serve moon cake, fruits, alchololic beverages like arrack ciu, the traditional alchoholic beverages of chinese people.Arrack ciu made of rice steam. After pray in the temple chinese people celebrate it with bazaar, in bazaar many things sold like oriental knick-knack, moon cake, chinese oreintal clothes, toys, food, sculpture, etc. Also there is competition games and show. Wow so crowded, public party, everyone can joint and celebrate together in unity.


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