Lisheng Group wishes everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early Tang dynasty, flourished under the Song, and by the Ming and Qing had become one of China’s major traditional festivals, ranking alongside Spring Festival. With the full moon as an omen of family reunion, the festival carries longing for home and loved ones and hopes for a good harvest and happiness — a rich and treasured part of cultural heritage.
On the fifteenth of the eighth lunar month the moon is at its fullest, and the Mid-Autumn mooncakes are fragrant and sweet.
Since ancient times, Mid-Autumn customs have included admiring the moon, eating mooncakes, enjoying osmanthus blossom and drinking osmanthus wine.
The mooncake is one of China’s most celebrated traditional pastries and the festive food of Mid-Autumn. Round in shape and shared by the whole family, it symbolises reunion and harmony. In ancient times mooncakes were eaten as an offering at the festival; later, people came to combine moon-gazing with mooncakes to signify family reunion and to carry feelings of longing. The mooncake is also an important gift exchanged among friends at Mid-Autumn to strengthen ties.
