The other day I was taking a box of mooncakes back home. The concierge saw me and said: “Why is everyone carrying mooncakes today?” Of course, it’s Mid-Autumn!
Every August, our team would brainstorm a non-mooncake yet presentable gift to our clients. Still, the majority would yield to convention. Just like dumplings for the lantern festival, chocolates for Valentine, mooncake is a deeply ingrained part of the Mid-Autumn festival. That is the strong power of tradition.
For a whole week, I’ve been eating the high-sugar, high-protein and high-cholesterol food for breakfast. But I wasn’t so lucky to discover a bottle of wine, a crab, or a Buddha bead in it, which are sometimes incorporated in the elaborately packed box.
Every time when a festival approaches, the streets become more crowded than usual. Maybe people are busy exchanging gifts. Actually the festival itself doesn’t really matter; all I expect is a long holiday.
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