Mid Autumn Festival 2009

The story of Churn O and the Jade Rabbit was posted on our blog on the day of Harvest Moon Festivals in the previous years:
http://ncag.blogspot.com/2006/10/harvest-moon-festival.html

Moon Festival is also known as the Mid Autumn Festival; it is the 15th day of the 8th month on the lunar calendar. This year, Mid Autumn Festival falls on October 3, 2009.

Found on the net are images of some of the moon cakes, the treat for the Moon Festival.

The traditional Cantonese moon cakes.

These are some of the common ingredients used in the traditional Cantonese moon cakes.

The new style moon cakes are less fattening and less sweet.

Would you believe that Haagen-Dazs markets ice cream moon cakes in Asia?

Cartoon moon cakes that are cute but not edible.