Lady In The Moon

How the story evolves...

When I was a little girl, they told me that there was a lady in the moon waiting to meet her lover every year during the Mid Autumn Festival. The lady was known as Chang- Er and her lover, Hou yi. I was saddened by the fact that she was banished into the immortal world and he the mortal one pined for her dearly... ha; how we can get caught up with feelings.

But today I observe it as an occasion for family gatherings , moon cakes, tea tasting and of course goundnuts munching; not forgetting the pomelos too. So the little ones would gather, light up the lanterns and go round and round the neighbourhood looking at the full moon. It'd better be full moon...

Dad used to light up paper lanterns and hang them on trees around the house and the girls on an occasion did go round the neighbourhood with the paper lanterns to join in some fun.

So from a cultural and perhaps religious connotation, it has evolved into simple family celebrations without any 'big reason'... Lady In The Moon...




Commercialisation never fails to tap in. Malls take the opportunity to sell commodities ranging from moon cakes to lanterns and complementary articles.

Raise up the red lanterns !

Look at the packaging... we pay more for them than the cakes.

The packaging is so enticing... you want to buy.





They come in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours. No wonder we are paying a bomb for them. Dad says the boxes can be reused as containers for jewellery! Very high esteem indeed.


Sara's moon cakes!






Just last year, Sara was so into moon cake making and selling them to friends and relatives in a big way. Never in my wildest dream would I ever fathom that she was capable of that. But that is history. This year she makes no moon cakes no more. Why?







She is too busy packing to leave us. But don't worry. She already asked if she could come back for Christmas. By all means.


So much for moon cakes and the opportunity for families to gather and be happy.

Thanks to Lady In The Moon.