mooncake
Festival lotus pastry
Mooncake is a Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Round and dense, mooncakes typically contain sweet fillings like lotus seed paste or red bean, often with a salted egg yolk at the center representing the moon.
They're exchanged as gifts and shared among family: We bought a box of mooncakes for the holiday.
Powdered Japanese green tea
- pandanFragrant tropical leaf
- durianMalodorous tropical fruit
- taroEdible tropical corm
- pineappleSpiny-skinned tropical fruit
date · walnut · ham · sweet · savory · rich · dense · fragrant
Small Asian fruit or candy
- taroEdible tropical corm
- durianMalodorous tropical fruit
- crustHard outer layer
- fillingMaterial placed within
mold · stamped · golden-brown · lard · baked · flaky · dense · round
Enclosed portable light sources
- harvestGathering mature crops
- pomeloLarge, thick-skinned citrus
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
incense · reunion · homecoming · gathering · celebration · fireworks · carnival · feast
Gathering after separation
- togethernessState of close connection
- familyRelated people together
- fullnessState of being complete
- completenessState of being whole
circle · roundness · wholeness · harmony · blessing · prosperity · longevity · gratitude
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Powdered Japanese green tea
pineapple · date · walnut · ham · sweet · savory · rich · dense · fragrant · aromatic
jujube
Small Asian fruit or candy
filling · mold · stamped · golden-brown · lard · baked · flaky · dense · round · ornate
lanterns
Enclosed portable light sources
mythology · incense · reunion · homecoming · gathering · celebration · fireworks · carnival · feast
reunion
Gathering after separation
- togethernessState of close connection
- familyRelated people together
- fullnessState of being complete
completeness · circle · roundness · wholeness · harmony · blessing · prosperity · longevity · gratitude · ancestors
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- Cantonese fooddim sum, siu mai, char siu, wonton noodles, roast goose
- Hawker Foodchicken rice, satay, chili crab, wonton noodles, nasi lemak
- Moon FestivalsMid-Autumn Festival, jade rabbit, lanterns, family reunion, lotus paste
- South ChinaGuangdong, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Macau
- overseas Chineseoverseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, Chinese community, Chinatown, Chinatowns
mooncakehot cross bun
Spiced Easter bread roll
Christmas pudding · Easter egg · hamantaschen · latke · panettone
mooncakeegg tart
Custard-filled pastry shell
wife cake · pineapple bun · baozi · fortune cookie · tang yuan