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Mooncake Festival

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Mooncakes, Dragon & Lion Dances, Parade with Floats
DATE
20 9 月 2021 - 21 9 月 2021Add to Calendar 2021-09-20 17:00:00 2021-09-21 16:59:00 Title Description Location Centara Hotels and Resorts [email protected] UTC public

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mooncake Festival, is one of the grandest festivals celebrated by Chinese communities around the world, marked with family reunions and the exchange of the festival’s namesake round pastries – mooncakes. In Bangkok, locals in Chinatown (known locally as Yaowarat) embrace this festival with traditional fervour, including dragon and lion dances, and of course, plenty of mooncakes. The full moon on this night is believed to be the biggest and brightest of the year, so don’t forget to look up!

 

Mooncake Festival in Bangkok

 

Festival of Legends

Lunar worship is an integral part of the Mooncake Festival, and there are a few myths and legends around the celestial body. One of the most well-known stories is that of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess who ascended to the moon after drinking the elixir of immortality. Her husband burned incense and offered cakes as offerings to his wife, a tradition that continues to this day, 3,000 years after the festival was first recorded. Often depicted with Chang’e is the Jade Rabbit, who, as legend has it, was made immortal in recognition of its self-sacrifice for an old man who needed food. This version of the rabbit story is often told as a reminder of the virtues of giving and charity during this festival.

 

Mooncake Festival in Bangkok

 

How to celebrate Mooncake Festival in Bangkok

In the weeks leading up to the festival, visitors to Bangkok will notice hotels, restaurants – and even convenience stores and coffee shops – offering mooncakes, which are popularly exchanged on this day to symbolise happiness and reunion. In Chinatown, long ornate dragons carried by traditional dance troupes snake through the neighbourhood, accompanied by enthusiastic drumming and a spectacular parade with floats. If you’re lucky, you might even catch sight of a thrilling acrobatic lion dance in action.

Mooncake Festival
Mooncake Festival
20 9 月 2021 - 21 9 月 2021Add to Calendar 2021-09-20 17:00:00 2021-09-21 16:59:00 Title Description Location Centara Hotels and Resorts [email protected] UTC public

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mooncake Festival, is one of the grandest festivals celebrated by Chinese communities around the world, marked with family reunions and the exchange of the festival’s namesake round pastries – mooncakes. In Bangkok, locals in Chinatown (known locally as Yaowarat) embrace this festival with traditional fervour, including dragon and lion dances, and of course, plenty of mooncakes. The full moon on this night is believed to be the biggest and brightest of the year, so don’t forget to look up!

 

Mooncake Festival in Bangkok

 

Festival of Legends

Lunar worship is an integral part of the Mooncake Festival, and there are a few myths and legends around the celestial body. One of the most well-known stories is that of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess who ascended to the moon after drinking the elixir of immortality. Her husband burned incense and offered cakes as offerings to his wife, a tradition that continues to this day, 3,000 years after the festival was first recorded. Often depicted with Chang’e is the Jade Rabbit, who, as legend has it, was made immortal in recognition of its self-sacrifice for an old man who needed food. This version of the rabbit story is often told as a reminder of the virtues of giving and charity during this festival.

 

Mooncake Festival in Bangkok

 

How to celebrate Mooncake Festival in Bangkok

In the weeks leading up to the festival, visitors to Bangkok will notice hotels, restaurants – and even convenience stores and coffee shops – offering mooncakes, which are popularly exchanged on this day to symbolise happiness and reunion. In Chinatown, long ornate dragons carried by traditional dance troupes snake through the neighbourhood, accompanied by enthusiastic drumming and a spectacular parade with floats. If you’re lucky, you might even catch sight of a thrilling acrobatic lion dance in action.