{"id":579,"date":"2019-09-13T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/?p=579"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:19:18","slug":"mid-autumn-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/mid-autumn-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Autumn Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was able to head down to Victoria Park near our apartment tonight to see lanterns and lights as part of the Mid-Autumn Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival falls on the 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;day of the eighth lunar month, which is a full moon. This corresponds to this day on this year according to the Gregorian Calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve always known it as &#8216;Moon Cake Day&#8217; as this was when as children we used to eat &#8216;mooncakes&#8217; which are rich pastry cakes typically filled with sweet-bean or lotus-seed paste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hong-kong-laterns1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"806\" height=\"605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hong-kong-laterns1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"580\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/?attachment_id=580\" class=\"wp-image-580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hong-kong-laterns1.jpg 806w, http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hong-kong-laterns1-300x225.jpg 300w, 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The festival falls on the 15th&nbsp;day of the eighth lunar month, which is a full moon. This corresponds to this day on this year according to the Gregorian Calendar. 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