Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节

The Mid-Autumn Festival, is a harvest festival typically celebrated by the ethnic Chinese and is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night. It is sometimes called the Lantern Festival in Malaysia.

Nowadays, the festival is usually celebrated with friends and family, eating mooncakes and lighting lanterns (in Malaysia). Some would go to a temple to pay reverence to the deities, and people may even see performances of lion dances in shopping malls during the festival. It is basically a joyous and jubilant festival!


So, after having said that, you might be curious and start to wonder how Linda and I celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Sweden?


Our answer is: Nothing :)


Sad to say, that was exactly how mundane we are during this festival in Sweden for many years :( And it would have been the same this year if I have not discovered a friend left me a gift on my desk in the office.


The gift consists of two small beautiful boxes. To my surprise, what is inside each of the boxes is a cute mooncake!


Let me share some pictures of the mooncakes below!


中秋节是一个典型的华人节日，在农历八月十五日(满月)庆祝。在马来西亚，这节日也被称为灯笼节。如今，这节日通常与朋友和家人一起庆祝，尝月饼和点灯笼（在马来西亚）。在节日期间，有些人会去庙供拜神明，在商场上甚至还会看到舞狮或舞龙的表演。基本来说，这节日是蛮喜庆的！


说到这里，您会不会很好奇琳达和我如何在瑞典庆祝中秋节？


我们的答案是：什么都没有 :)


很遗憾的是，这节日对住在瑞典的我们来说并没有什么太特别的意义:( 今年也会是如此，如果我没发现在办公桌上，一位朋友给我留下的礼物。


礼物是两个漂亮的小盒子。令我惊讶的是，每个盒子里装的是一个可爱的月饼！


让我在这里分享一些月饼的图片吧！