Mooncake Festival!!!





i so want to try mooncakes from all over !!!






















please send some over...pretty please..

On this day, 8th day of the 8th month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar, we remember the 8 Immortals who crossed the sea


The Eight Immortals (Chinese: 八仙; pinyin: Bāxiān; Wade–Giles: Pa¹-hsien¹) are a group of legendary xian ("immortals; transcendents; saints")
in Chinese mythology. Each Immortal's power can be transferred to a power tool (法器) that can bestow life or destroy evil. Together, these eight tools are called the
"Covert Eight Immortals" (暗八仙 àn ~). Most of them are said to have been born in the Tang or Song Dynasty. They are revered by the Taoists and are also a popular
element in the secular Chinese culture. They are said to live on a group of five islands in the Bohai Sea, which includes Penglai Mountain-Island.

The Immortals are:

He Xiangu
Cao Guojiu
Li Tieguai
Lan Caihe
Lu Dongbin
Han Xiangzi
Zhang Guolao
Zhongli Quan

There is another work, also made during the Ming (c. 14th-15th centuries), by an anonymous writer, called The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea (八仙過海 bā xiān guò hǎi).
It is about the Immortals on their way to attend the Conference of the Magical Peach (蟠桃會 pán taó huì) when they encounter an ocean.
Instead of relying on their clouds to get them across, Lü Dongbin suggested that they each should exercise their unique powers to get across.
Derived from this, the Chinese proverb "The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each reveals its divine power" (八仙過海，各顯神通 ~, gè xiǎn shén tōng)

indicates the situation that everybody shows off their skills and expertise to achieve a common goal.

(Next week: the 15th Day of the 8th Month........ Mid Autumn Festival aka. Mooncake Festival)

happy mooncake festival!!!

Day 13th of the 8th Lunar Month....... 2 more days to go!
Let's hope we get to see the moon this year round instead of the haze here in Malaysia

It's here........ the Mid Autumn Festival aka Moon Cake Festival!



The many many varieties of moon cakes that are available nowadays.


Children enjoy themselves playing with lanterns.