The villagers would light lanterns to help guide her home. He would spend all night staring at the moon as she stared back. When Hou Yi returned home and discovered the sacrifice his wife made, he quickly set out mooncakes and fruit in her honor.
#Meaning behind foods in midautumn festival full
This way, they were able to see each other every month during the full moon phase. Chang Yi knew her husband would often admire the moon, so she decided to make the moon her home. She drifted into the sky but was heartbroken she would never see her husband again. Little did she know, the elixir not only gifted her immortality, but also flight. She ingested herself rather than giving it to him. One day when Hou Yi was out, a thief broke into their home and threatened Chang Yi for it. People discovered he had such a powerful gift and wanted to steal it from him. A God was so impressed with Hou Yi’s skill, that he gifted him an elixir of immortality. For this reason, it is a custom for families to eat mooncakes together and to give these treats to their friends and loved ones. It symbolizes the full moon, happiness, and family reunions. The villagers were so grateful because they were finally able to live without burning from the heat. The mooncake is iconic to the Mid-Autumn Festival. With his great skill, he was able to protect the people in his village by shooting down the nine out of ten moons. She was married to Hou Yi, who was an archer. My mother always poured out generous portions for us as the adults enjoyed wedges of mooncake.Īs young and old stared into the moon while enjoying their sweet treats, my father would start to tell the story of the Moon Goddess known as Chang Yi. It comes into season right around the time of Mid-Autumn Festival and lasts until Lunar New Year. Pomelo is a large citrus fruit that tastes like a blend of grapefruit and lime. Mangoes are on their way out along with summer, and the pomelos are hurrying in. But as children, we didn’t appreciate the mooncakes as much as the mango pomelo sago, another dessert that represents the changing of the season. The most traditional ones are made with a sweetened lotus paste and one salted egg yolk or up to four egg yolks. Tea is essential to enjoying mooncakes, another holiday staple, because they’re are rich and can be quite heavy. Once the tea was brewed and enjoyed, she would then refill it with additional hot water from the thermos, so the tea was always hot enough. She would only fill the teapot enough to pour a handful of small cups. My mother would always prepare a large thermos filled with hot water and a small teapot filled with tea leaves.
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