I am not the person who has an intense emotion for astronomy. Once a year, however, the moon is special for me. I will watch for it for a long time, seeing whether the moon has rounded shape and massive brilliancy.
That moment will not appear until the Middle-Autumn Festival is coming. The rounded moon, in that particular day, resembles the happiness and good luck in the future. According to
This tradition ascended to 3000 years ago, when people had lunar worship. The ancient Chinese believed the moon had a chaste virtue. And it was the incarnation of the goodness.
In Middle-Autumn Festival, the moon cakes are indispensable. The cake looks like a round pastry, measuring 10 cm diameter and 4-5 cm thick. I have eaten one kind of the moon cakes, which had chunky fillings made from lotus seed paste mixed with salted duck yolk, surrounded by a crisp crust. Although 30 years were past, it is still one of the popular moon cakes in Asian market, and I found it easily in
The Middle-Autumn Festival was held on dissimilar dates in each year. Based on Chinese's calendar, the festival held on the 15th day of the eight month. September 12th of 2011, I celebrated the festival in Gaithersburg, with my husband and kid, eating the same moon cake as I ate 30 years ago.
Looking up at the sky, outside, the moon, was a disc-shaped illuminant. The moonlight silvered the earth softly and peacefully. It reminded me of all my happy hours with parents.
I dialed a phone number, and mom’s soft voice came from
My eyes were wet.
