Tet Trung Thu

Happy

Mid-Autumn

Moon Festival

- a fall harvest celebration

in Asian cultures.

We are feasting on a bountiful

meal made by my daughter

and 4 yr old granddaughter.

Barbeque Pork Dumplings, Crab Ragoon,

Spring Rolls, Shrimp Lomein,

Orange Chicken and

of course Moon Cakes.

Mm-m-m-m-m-m-m-m!

It is rainy and dreary today so I am not sure

we will see our Beautiful Harvest Moon tonight.

Background:

Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In a Vietnamese folklore, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest that they left the children playing by themselves. To make up for lost time, parents would use the Mid-Autumn festival as an opportunity to show their love and appreciation for their children.
Appropriately, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Children’s Festival. Trung-Thu activities are often centered around children and education. Parents buy lanterns for their children so that they can participate in a candlelit lantern procession at dawn. Lanterns represent brightness while the procession symbolizes success in school. Unicorn dancers are also very popular in Trung-Thu festivities.
Parents tell their children fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats under the silvery moon. A favorite folklore is about a carp that wanted to become a dragon. The carp worked and worked and eventually transformed itself into a dragon. This is the story behind the mythical symbol, Cá hóa Rông. Parents use this story to encourage their children to work hard so that they can become whatever they want to be.