In celebration of the final harvest festival of the
year before winter arrives, the Mid-Autumn
Festival is held every full moon night in late
September to early October. Now a festival purely
for familial gatherings, the Ancient Chinese
practice held this celebration in worship for the
ever gentle Chang’e, a lunar deity. Legend has it
that she sacrificed her mortality to protect her
sun warrior husband, forever separating them in
the celestial plane. Her distraught husband began
offering her favourite fruits and cakes in her
absence, and performed sacrifices in her name.Today, the festival is known for lanterns signifying
thesunandthehallmarkmooncake,shapedto
resemble a lotus, and animal-shaped buns. The
cake centres on the theme of prosperity, and the
mooncake is filled with lotus paste and an egg yolk
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