Blog Tag - Mid-Autumn Festival

Best of Beijing in Readers' Photos: Mid-Autumn Memories
Best of Beijing in Photos showcases photos from readers from across Beijing, in hopes of showing the capital as it's seen though different eyes (and...
Mid-Autumn Festival: Top Places to Gaze at the Moon like a Local
We are all familiar with eating mooncakes as a way to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. But what is less known, or often overlooked, are the...
Chinese Folklore Special: Mid-Autumn Festival Stories
You've probably seen an abundance of mooncakes lining supermarket ailes in the past few weeks, along with a few special offers here or there. That's...
Celebrate the Moon Festival With Beijing Postcard’s Hutong Scavenger Hunt
This Moon Festival (Sep 10) Beijing Postcards have put together one of their famous Hutong Scavenger Hunts, but this time they’ve added some special...
  Dishing on the Lesser Known Shanghainese Mooncakes
There is perhaps no surer sign that autumn has come to Beijing than mooncakes dotting shop windows around town. Storefront after storefront eagerly...
Take a Look at Some of the Most Unique Mooncakes You Can Buy This Season
Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner, and that can only mean one thing…it’s mooncake season! This year the actual holiday falls on September...
Mandarin Monday: Learn Your Moony Vocabulary
Back in the days when people still had no clue as how to harness electricity, not to mention utilizing its power to create entertainment, the night...
Mooncake Memories: Your Guide to the Colorful History of this Celestial Pastry
Another Mid-Autumn Festival, another mooncake on the menu. Whether made of red bean, egg, mixed nuts, or some zany fruit filling, the mooncake is...
Experience the Next Generation of Mooncakes From Wu Yi This Mid-Autumn Fest
Even in the most traditional elements of life, there is always room for creativity and evolution. Case in point: Nearly everyone who has stayed in...
Lunar Lessons: 10 Things You Didn’t Know about the Mid-Autumn Festival
There’s more to the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu Jie, 中秋节) than a nice, long weekend and random boxes of semi-edible mooncakes – here are 10 facts...
Full Moon Party: What to Serve at a Mid-Autumn Festival Dinner
Falling on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节 zhongqiujie) is traditionally a time to gather with family and enjoy the...
6 Fun Things to Do This Mid-Autumn Holiday, Sep 13-15
Mid-Autumn Festival (Sep 13-15) is nearly upon us and even you’re not interested in the legend behind this traditional holiday, a three-day break...
One for Every Taste: This Year's Most Creative Beijing Mooncakes
“Would you like a mooncake?” “Not really.” And thus starts the re-gifting orgy that is Mid-Autumn Festival, Sep 24 this year, a time for soaking up...
Throwback Thursday: Over The Moon For Mooncakes
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Enjoy a Traditional Italian-Style Feast with Wine, Cocktails, and Food: Sagra at Zarah, Sep 17
Haven't quite figured out what to do this Mid-Autumn Festival? On Saturday (Sep 17), Fang Bar teams up with Italian concept kitchen Cartoccio, and...