Mid-Autumn Festival

"Ah Boi, The Lengendary Mosquito Killer."

Long long ago, there was a warrior who can kill all the mosquitoes in a house, in just one second.At his free time, he would be out seeking "treasure."

The warrior's name Ah Boi.

People said that he is still wandering around Tamu Seria selling bananas.

"Amoi...amoi....mali..mali...satu ikat, dua linggiittt"

hehehe....
ok....here's the real thing about Mid-Autumn Festival or
famously known as the Moon Cake Festival.

Moon cakes are typically round, symbolizing the full round moon of the mid-autumn festival. They are usually made with four egg yolks, representing the four phases of the moon, and are sweet, filled with sweet bean or lotus seed paste. (taken from about.com)

The Moon festival (also called the Mooncake or Mid-Autumn festival) falls on September 22nd in the year 2010. What is the Moon festival? Every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate "zhong qiu jie." (taken from about.com)

Making the lanterns. Lenxie Liley bought a lot / a bunch of lanterns for the cuzzies. So we burnt the candle and decided to take a walk around the house.

Some chinese (guangzhou) symbolize the lantern as Luck.

Usually, for this festival,
its best to use flying lantern (like the Rapunzel Movie)
known as Kong Min (Hung Min).

Mid-Autumn Festival Story.......

Chang'e and Hou Yi

Long long ago, there were 10 suns in the sky. They burnt all the plants on the earth. People were dying.

One day, a hero whose name was Hou Yi used his bow and arrows to shoot down nine of them. All the people on the earth were saved.

One day, the queen of heaven gave Hou Yi a bottle elixir that could make Hou Yi become an immortal, but the elixir was only efficacious for one person. Hou Yi did want to become an immortal, but he wanted to stay with his beautiful wife Chang'e more, so he didn't drink the elixir and asked his wife Chang'e to keep it for him.

Hou Yi was becoming more and more famous after he shot down the nine suns and more and more men wanted Hou Yi to be their master. Most of them were accepted by Hou Yi.

Not every student of Hou Yi had good morality. Feng Meng, one of his students, wanted to seize his elixir. One day, Hou Yi went hunting with his students, but Feng Meng pretended to be ill and stay at home. When making sure Hou Yi had gone he went to Hou Yi's house and tried to force Chang'e to give him the elixir. Chang'e knew she couldn't defeat Feng Meng so she drank the elixir immediately. The elixir made her become an immortal and fly higher and higher. Finally, she stopped on the moon.

From then on, people often pray to Chang'e for fortune and safety. During the Mid-Autumn Festival they offer lots of foods to Chang'e.

Taken from : www.about.com