Monday 8 Sept evening was Lantern Festival. Everybody goes out at night, holding lanterns, to admire the full moon, particularly bright on that evening. The following day Tuesday was a holiday for schools as well as for offices.
Pleine lune tres brillante / Very bright full moon |
Full moon and lanterns / Pleine lune et lanternes |
Lundi 8 sept au soir etait le jour du Festival des Lanternes. Tout le monde sort de nuit, en tenant des lanternes, pour aller admirer la pleine lune particulierement brillante ce soir-la. Le lendemain Mardi est ferie, ni ecole, ni bureau.
Box of mooncakes |
Inside the box, traditional mooncakes |
On this occasion, family gather and have a lavish meal at home or at restaurants. People give each others mooncakes, traditional or modern, the modern being more colorful, with fruit tastes, while the traditional ones have an egg yolk (round reminding of the full moon). The children are given funny lanterns to hold and to be seen holding at the sea side or in parks. The lanterns used to be in paper and to contain a candle, but it is now forbidden to avoid fires.
other box / autre boite |
Modern mooncakes / monncakes plus modernes |
Photo :South China Morning In Kunming (China) a panda is given a mooncake A Kunming (Chine) on donne un Mooncake a un panda |
Lanternes champignons / Mushroom lanterns |
Mark and I went on Tuesday evening to Victoria Park to see the lanterns and families holding their own lanterns, then we went nearby to Tai Hang, a district not far from our home, full of small restaurants. There was a parade there with a "Fire dragon" parading among lots and lots of smoke and of spectators.
Lanterns in Victoria Park / Lanternes a Victoria Park
Pour moi, les lanternes rouges symbolisent vraiment la Chine. Je les adore!
To me red lanterns are the symbol of China. I love them!
(photo South China morning Post)
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