Moon Festival (a.k.a Mid-Autumn Festival) was yesterday. The Moon Festival is used to celebrate the gods, give thanks, and to celebrate the end of the fall harvest. It is a public holiday so there was no school yesterday. Some of the ways people celebrate are by eating mooncakes, bbqing, and praying. It is always held when there is a full moon.
Mooncakes are definitely an interesting food. They can come
in many different flavors and fillings. The kind I had was a more savory cake,
with meat in the middle. It was very
filling and not what I expected.
On Wednesday night, I hung out with some new Taiwanese
friends. We drank a few beers and ate some barbecue. It was really fun. There
was bbq fish, lots of vegetables, and we roasted marshmallows. You could see
people everywhere, also barbecuing and lighting off fireworks. Here are a few
pictures from my evening:
It was also my teacher friends birthday. So after we barbecued, we went out for a few drinks and I had pretty stellar night.
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