Thursday, September 23, 2010

It`s a mooncake festival time!!! :)

Yesterday night celebrated the Moon cake festival (officially known as Mid-autumn festival)! My first ever company party in China was great fun!

Round tables full of food, champagne fountain, wine, strong stuff, games, amazing prizes (body wash, toothpaste, shampoo ;)), presents to all guests, lucky draw and lots & lots of karaoke fun :)

Microphone was just travelling from one table to another and by the end of the night foreigner table took over and started the English entertainment program performing anything that was available in English - quite fun :)




Little info from Mr. Wiki :)
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese, dating back over 3,000 years. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October. It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. Traditionally on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomelos under the moon together.

Happy Mooncake festival :)

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