Nowadays, some Chinatown or Southeast Asian countries would hold lantern riddle contests on Mid-Autumn night. Guessing Lantern Riddlesīesides hanging up lanterns outsides, Chinese people usually write some interesting riddles on the lanterns and have other people try to guess the answers. The entire area is decorated with beautiful lighting. The lantern carnivals, and exhibitions will be hung in parks and other public places, during which lanterns of various colors, patterns, and styles are on display. Chinese people believe the higher the lanterns are hung, the luckier the family will be. Hanging up lanterns is called 竖中秋 (shù zhōng qiū) in Chinese. The cakes, typically round, symbolizing the full moon, are presented as gifts to relatives and friends. The moon cake is a must-eat food! 4. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Mooncake Festival. After the family reunion dinner, people will go outdoors to admire the full moon on the night. The full moon is the symbol of a family reunion, reminding people of their hometowns and loved ones. People will share a fantastic meal together to enjoy this family reunion time.

This tradition is much like Thanksgiving in the United States. People will go back home and get together with their families. Reuniting with Familyįirstly, Mid-Autumn Festival is a big day for family’s reunion. The limited-edition mooncake gift box was created by local artist Victor Wong and art director Stanley Wong along with AI Gemini, the world’s first artificial intelligence ink printer, to craft an eco-friendly box that holds a selection of Rosewood’s mooncakes.How to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival? 1. To commemorate Hong Kong Palace Museum’s first anniversary, Rosewood Hong Kong is offering a special mooncake gift box featuring Chinese art and culture. Additionally, The Legacy House offers its own signature box of mini egg custard mooncakes. Created by The Legacy House ’s Chinese executive chef Li Chi-wai, the hotel presents a variety of mooncakes in various boxes composed of flavours like traditional white lotus seed paste with double egg yolks, traditional yellow lotus seed paste with olive seeds and double egg yolks, as well as a medley of creative flavours like jasmine tea-infused egg custard, lapsang souchong lotus seed paste, and red bean paste with mandarin peel. Rosewood Hong Kong’s ‘The Witty Moon’ mooncake collection pays homage to time-honoured recipes. Members of Shangri-La Circle can enjoy up to 20 percent savings on any festive purchases from all three hotels from now until September 27 using the promo code MASLC23. Highlights from the hotel group include Summer Palace ’s red bean paste mooncakes with rare 80-year dried tangerine peel and the all-new coffee and chocolate molten lava custard duo Shang Palace ’s signature mooncake quartet with flavours such as egg custard or white lotus seed paste with egg yolks as well as Hung Tong ’s mini custard mooncake trio with fillings like coffee lava, manuka honey, and pomelo pineapple.Īdditionally, all three hotels have teamed up to create a signature mooncake set, which has three boxes of 50-year aged mandarin peel and red bean paste mooncakes with delightful fillings like rose, yuzu, and osmanthus. Island Shangri-La, Kowloon Shangri-La, and Kerry Hotel have each created a range of luxurious mooncakes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Finally, the hotel is returning with their coveted egg custard mooncakes infused with premium bird’s nest as an exclusive treat during the autumnal holiday and will be limited to 200 boxes only. Tin Lung Heen, the hotel’s two Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant, also presents a limited-edition collection of mini egg custard mooncakes paired alongside premium Nannuo ripe pu’erh tea. The collaborative lava egg custard mooncakes are flavoured with kumquat, and packaged in intricately designed boxes with cardboard pop-ups that depict the tale of how the Mid-Autumn Festival came to be. The hotel is also partnering with M+ to present a collection inspired by Madame Song Huai-kuei, a legend in the Chinese arts, music, and fashion. Similar to last year, the hotel presents mini egg custard mooncakes in their Luna Serenity gift box, decorated with motifs such as jade rabbits, lanterns, and lotus flowers. This year, Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong leaves guests spoilt for choice with their series of mooncake gift sets.

Mooncake day 2021