Mid-Autumn Festival / 中秋节 (zhōngqiū jié) is an annual traditional festival that is celebrated by Chinese people and ethnic. It is also celebrated by Korean (they call it Chuseok / 추석, means autumn eve) and Japanese (they call it Tsukimi / 月見, means moon-viewing). This festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese Lunar calendar. The date and month every year could be different on our common Gregorian calendar. The date usually comes on the mid-September to the early October, just like this year, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on 1 October 2020, and next year would be on 21 September 2021. On this day, Chinese people believe that the moon is at its brightest with roundest and fullest size. It is a good harvest time in the middle of autumn as well.
One thing that we cannot miss during this celebration is definitely Mooncake / 中秋月饼 (zhōngqiū yuèbǐng), that’s why the other name for Mid-Autumn Festival is Mooncake Festival. Why do we eat Mooncake? Because it is believed that “The round mooncake is the symbol of the great completeness family reunion just like the round shape.”
My family really loves Mooncake, so that we often buy it in advance before the celebration day and we even could finish it before the day 
Just like this year, we have already bought the Mooncakes on the mid September, and re-purchased again for the celebration. We also shared the Mooncakes as a gift to our relatives.
This year we ordered the homemade Mooncakes from our neighbor and definitely we cannot miss our favorite local brand Mooncakes from 輝記老餅家 (huī jì lǎo bǐng jiā) / Fay Kie .
From our neighbor, we tried their homemade Mung Bean Paste Mooncake / 绿豆月饼 (lǜdòu yuèbǐng), Egg Yolk Mung Bean Paste Mooncake / 蛋黄绿豆月饼 (dànhuáng lǜdòu yuèbǐng), Red Bean Paste Mooncake / 红豆月饼 (hóngdòu yuèbǐng), Egg Yolk Red Bean Paste Mooncake / 蛋黄红豆月饼 (dànhuáng hóngdòu yuèbǐng). Both of the mung bean and red bean paste are so soft with less sweet taste.
And from our favorite local brand mooncake, Fay Kie, our favorite is Egg Yolk Black Bean Paste Mooncake / 蛋黄豆沙月饼 (dànhuáng dòushā yuèbǐng). The soft and thick black bean paste combines well with the egg yolk. It tastes so much good and we will not miss it every year.
Additional information related this year celebration :
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A day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, @StephenAbraham hosted a virtual meet-up. It was so fun to celebrate and share this festival together with some Local Guides around the world. For those who missed it, you could read [Recap] Virtual Mid-Autumn Festival Meet-up
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Interested in making your own Jelly Mooncake? Check my sister @Lusianaa 's post about Cendol Jelly Mooncake
If you celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, please do share you Mooncake photo this year. If you do not celebrate it, is there any special cake that you eat during your traditional celebration? Feel free to share on the comment below 
中秋节快乐! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 
