![]() ![]() Mid-Autumn Festival at Gardens By The Bay Exciting events for Mid-Autumn Festival 2022 1. We’re hoping to see more people out and about thanks to the latest Covid updates, but remember to keep your distance and wear a mask if the crowd is getting uncomfortably big for you. Hotels and restaurants begin the sale of mooncakes from as early as two months before the main event (you’ll love our roundup of traditional and unique mooncakes). Enjoy an array of light-ups around the city, delish mooncakes (these signify family reunion) and magical moon-viewing parties filled with lanterns at your nearest park. The festivities often begin from early September to early October. Mid-Autumn Festival in Singapore Photography: Four Seasons Hotel Singapore It soon turned into a tradition of offering worship to the Moon Goddess. Left alone on earth, the devastated Hou Yi prepared a feast each year when the moon glowed the brightest, just to catch a glimpse of his wife. ![]() In a turn of events, Chang’e drank the elixir and floated to the moon. Knowing about the elixir, a greedy apprentice Peng Meng broke into Hou Yi’s house but was caught by Chang’e. He was rewarded with an elixir of immortality but decided not to consume it to be with his wife. Her husband Hou Yi was a Chinese archer who saved the world from burning to ashes by shooting down nine blazing suns, leaving just one. The most bittersweet and popular folklore follows the Moon Goddess, Chang’e. Just like many festivals, the Mid-Autumn Festival is rife with mythical stories. To celebrate, families and friends come together for moon-viewing parties (it’s known to shine the brightest during this period), with lanterns, mooncakes and autumn fruits like pomelo. ![]() This 2,000-odd-year-old festival is also believed to originate from the tradition of worshipping the moon during the Song Dynasty. It marks the end of the autumn harvest and the Hungry Ghost Festival, and was traditionally a time of thanksgiving to the gods. Here’s everything you need to know… What’s the significance of Mid-Autumn Festival? Photography: Choo Yut Shing via FlickrĪlso known as Mooncake Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month (autumn season), hence the moniker. Come 10 September, we’re prepping for Mid-Autumn Festival in Singapore. Who else loves that Singapore is a multicultural city? From having three religious monuments side by side on one street (looking at you, Chinatown!) to celebrating festivals like Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa and Deepavali, we’re a cultural bunch. If you prefer videos more than words, you can check the video below to know more about the Moon Festival.Photography: Gardens by the Bay Light the lanterns, munch on mooncakes and peel a pomelo! Mid-Autumn Festival is here in Singapore. He hoped Chang’e could come back to stay with him one day. Since then, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people have offered lots of food to worship the moon. Hou-Yi looked up at the moon and put the foods Chang’e used to love in the garden. He was desperate because he couldn’t be with Chang’e anymore. When Hou-Yi came back, he found that his wife had been lifted to Heaven. In the end, she stopped on the moon and became immortal. The elixir made Chang’e fly higher and higher. She knew that she could not defeat Pang-Meng, so with no other choice, she drank the elixir. One day, before Hou Yi returned home from hunting, Pang-Meng went to Hou-Yi’s home and forced Chang’e to give him the elixir. There was a student named Pang-Meng wanted to seize his elixir. However, not every student had good morality. Hou-Yi was willing to teach everyone, so he accepted almost all of them. People came to him for learning his excellent skills. Someone Tried to Steal the ElixirĪfter Hou-Yi shot down the nine suns bravely, he became more and more famous. Although Hou-Yi did want to become immortal and stay with Chang’e more, he didn’t drink the elixir and asked Chang’e to keep it safe for him. However, the elixir was only for one person. After that, Hou-yi told Chang’e about the elixir. He couldn’t help but fell in love with Chang’e. While Hou-Yi was still on the Earth, he met a beautiful girl named Chang’e. Hou-Yi was rewarded with the elixir of immortality. All the people on Earth were saved and the weather soon recovered. Few days later, he used his bow and arrows to shoot down nine of them. Therefore, the Emperor of Heaven summoned Hou-Yi to shoot down nine of the suns. ![]() Long, long time ago, there were ten suns in the sky. The Story of Mid-Autumn Festival Ten Suns in The Sky On this day, people believe that the moon is at its brightest and fullest size, coinciding with harvest time in the middle of Autumn. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night. ![]()
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