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GAZING AT THE MOON MIDAUTUMN FESTIVAL FULL
Available for purchase in the Full Moon mooncake box, enjoy your festive treats in a set of four. While the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong offers creative twists in their mooncakes like egg custard with crystallised ginger, mango and coconut, or red date with dried tangerine peel and osmanthus those who prefer timeless flavours can look towards the white lotus seed paste mooncakes, each containing a duo of salted egg yolks. Find these mooncake boxes along with other Mid-Autumn offerings on Rosewood’s online shop. Fujian oolong tea leaves are ground and added into white lotus seed paste along with a touch of fresh lemon juice for acidity. Aside from Chef Li’s creations, Rosewood also launches A Sense of Place, an exclusive collection of mooncakes created by award-winning local chef and new Rosewood PlaceMaker May Chow, celebrating the flavours of lemon tea, a cha chaan teng staple. Created by Rosewood’s Chinese executive chef Li Chi-wai, the hotel presents a variety of mooncakes, including traditional white lotus seed paste with double egg yolks, traditional yellow lotus seed paste with olive seeds and double egg yolks, mini egg custard mooncakes from The Legacy House, and a medley of creative yet classic flavours like jasmine tea-infused egg custard, lapsang souchong lotus seed paste, and red bean paste with mandarin peel. Rabbits are known as gentle and empathic, just like Pisces, and they tend to like to stay on the right side of people.Rosewood Hong Kong’s Picnic on the Moon mooncake collection pays homage to time-honoured recipes. When the Moon shines bright in Pisces – as we reach the end of Virgo Season – we might assign the Eastern counterpart as the rabbit. This is when the moon appears at its largest – in some traditions it is called the Harvest Moon.
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In Western Astrology, we would calculate this moment according to the Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox (before or after). This is a festival honouring an autumn moon. That way she will bless the worshipper with beauty. Mid-Autumn Ritual – Create An Alter…Ī post shared by Kimberly Peta Dewhirst can create an altar in honour of the Full Moon with Japanese pampas grass and dango (sweet dessert food), as well as offerings of the fall – chestnuts, pumpkin, and potatoes.Īt the Mid-Autumn Festival, offerings are made at altars to Chang’e – be sure they are facing the Moon! This creature features prominently in this Chinese festival.Ī Buddhist legend says the rabbit was put on the Moon to reward him after performing a deed of self-sacrifice, and in the Japanese tradition, the rabbit in the Moon is making mochi (sticky rice cakes) with a hammer and mortar you’ll therefore see lots of depictions of rabbits eating or making mochi at Tsukimi. Not only is the Rabbit a creature in the Zodiac, throughout East Asia rabbits and hares have lunar associations – people interpret the markings on the Full Moon to be a rabbit or hare. Mid-Autumn mythology is built upon old anecdotes and legends, which have been woven together and made new with each retelling. The Moon Goddess is Chang’e, and the Chinese say that the rabbit (吴少云) Wu Shaoyun is her companion… In ancient China, this particular harvest moon signalled the time for one of the most important harvests before winter.Ī time to give thanks to nature, farmers made offerings to the lady who lives on the Moon… Chang’e! We can recognise the agricultural roots around Moon Gazing, with awareness of the calendar, as farmers were so dependent on natural cycles for the timing around a successful harvest. Some countries give their people a three-day bank holiday to allow people to head back to their hometowns for ancestor worship and rituals. The biggest festival after the Lunar New Year, families reunite with the Full Moon, a universal symbol of unity and completeness. A post shared by Kimberly Peta Dewhirst Festival is akin to Thanksgiving – it’s a time for family, food, and celebration.