Mooncake Festival

On the 25th of September, my family and I celebrated the Moon cake festival. That day, the moon was as round as a ball and as bright as though it was daylight. our family gathered at the dining table, chomping down our dinner and relaxing from a hard day at work.

Even though it was the moon cake festival, I had to practise for my oral exams which were around the corner. my mother and I flipped through some books and letting me practise.

After all that practising, we set up a table out in the cooling balcony. We put 4 chairs around the square table and laid it with cutlery, dishes, different flavoured moon cakes and hung a lantern near the table. While slowly sampling the delicious moon cakes, we discussed about how the moon cake festival came about. There are many different legends behind the moon cake festival. The most popular is the legend about the goddess of the moon, Chang-e. She was once the wife of the emperor, Hou-Yi. She ate an elixir of life herself which will make her float. She decided to float to the moon. Another legend is about Mongols invading China. They stationed a soldier in every household so they can't communicate with each other. The villagers made circular cakes and gave them out to every household. Inside the cake, there is a note, telling them to kill the soldier at the 3rd watch that night. So, the Mongols were defeated.

Dear readers, I hope you celebrated the moon cake festival too!