mooncakes
Mid-Autumn Festival treats
Mooncakes are dense Chinese pastries traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
They're typically round with ornate designs stamped into the top, filled with sweet lotus seed paste or red bean paste, often containing a salted egg yolk representing the full moon.
The pastries are given as gifts and shared among family: We exchanged boxes of mooncakes with the neighbors.
Gathering after separation
- lanternsEnclosed portable light sources
- harvestGathering mature crops
- familyRelated people together
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
autumn · ancestors · offerings · pomelo · folklore · rituals · lunar calendar · customs
Edible aquatic plant kernel
- red beanSmall burgundy legume
- sesameOilseed for tahini
- custardCooked egg-milk mixture
- taroEdible tropical corm
durian · pineapple · jujube · chestnut · walnut · coconut · green tea · rose
Form-giving container
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
glaze · egg wash · stamps · embossing · intricate · decorative · symbols · characters
Curved like circle
- circularForming a closed curve
- squareRhombus with right angles
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- discFlat circular object
wholeness · completeness · unity · symmetry · miniature · bite-sized
Enclosed in cardboard
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- packagingProtective product enclosure
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
corporate · exchange · reciprocity · tins · ribbons · premium · branded · colleagues
reunion
Gathering after separation
gathering · autumn · ancestors · offerings · pomelo · folklore · rituals · lunar calendar · customs · legends
lotus seed
Edible aquatic plant kernel
taro · durian · pineapple · jujube · chestnut · walnut · coconut · green tea · rose · pumpkin
mold
Form-giving container
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
golden · glaze · egg wash · stamps · embossing · intricate · decorative · symbols · characters · baking
round
Curved like circle
disc · wholeness · completeness · unity · symmetry · miniature · bite-sized
boxed
Enclosed in cardboard
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- packagingProtective product enclosure
- elaborateComplex and detailed
luxury · corporate · exchange · reciprocity · tins · ribbons · premium · branded · colleagues · relatives
- holiday traditionsChristmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Year
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Daoism
- Chinese foodsoup dumplings, kung pao chicken, chow mein, baozi, orange chicken
- Asian customsbowing, chopsticks, tea ceremony, red envelopes, filial piety
- festive foodsChristmas ham, Christmas pudding, Easter eggs, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce
mooncakesChristmas pudding
Steamed holiday fruitcake
hot cross buns · Easter eggs · king cake · hamantaschen · latkes
mooncakescroissants
Flaky crescent-shaped pastries
puff pastry · meringue · cotton candy · angel food cake · macarons
mooncakesfortune cookies
Folded wafers containing slips
General Tso's chicken · chop suey · crab rangoon · Chinese chicken salad