Also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival in many parts of the world, the Mooncake Festival is called so because mooncake is the main food item gifted and savored during this fest.
Celebrated on the 15th day of eighth month of the Chinese calendar, the Mooncake Festival signifies the end of the harvest season. Its association with paper lanterns gives it the name Lantern Festival.
The moon is known to shine the brightest on this day. People offer mooncakes to dear ones even as galas are organized in households. Ancestors and deities are made offerings of roasted pork, deep fried chicken, water caltrops, yam, Chinese tea, etc. Entrances of houses are adorned with beautiful lighted lanterns.
On the occasion of Mooncake Festival, people burn 'hell money' (made of golden joss-paper) and light red candles as part of their prayers. After that, they indulge in feasting, as children carry their lanterns around the neighborhood.
The fervor of Mooncake Festival is best seen in Chinatown, Singapore, the Chinese ethnic settlement in the city. Being one of the major Singapore tourist destinations, Chinatown experiences heavy tourist inflow throughout the year. During the Mooncake Festival, these numbers accentuate further.
Chinese restaurants in Singapore cash on this opportunity, making profits galore by offering lip-smacking mooncakes in various shapes and sizes.
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