So I’ve written about this before - mooncake scalpers - people who receive coupons for mooncakes from work and then turn around and sell them for the cash. Fine, all good and dandy. But what I saw the last 2+ weeks was even more bizarre. On Nanjing East Road, a place I unfortunately often frequent, [...]
Mooncake Stock Market
September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Mid-Autumn Festival
September 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Mid-Autumn Festival is here… a little early I would say. Since, fall is only in its 4th day. Hardly seems like the middle.
And I thought that the traditional Chinese calendar was based on the lunar cycles. Yet today, landing on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, [...]
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Mooncake Scalpers
September 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Yes, it’s nearly time for Mid-Autumn Festival in China. This is a time when many people in China buy and eat mooncakes. What are mooncakes? Basically they’re a kind of soft cookie with fruit or bean filling on the inside - see this article for more. Now that the newbies are in the [...]
Tags: Festivals & Traditions · Food & Drink