It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese families celebrate the end of the harvest season with a big feast.
What I can recall is that mga revolutionaries in China even sent message to each other thru mooncakes (usually given on this day to friends and family) and that was one way of communication where they would not be subverted...
sa wiki - (though I always think of this as August moon festival, and not September moon)
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around late September or early October in the Gregorian calendar.
It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.
although like most Pinoys or even Cebuanos (kc maraming settlers don sa Cebu), I have Chinese blood but wala akong Chinese na upbringing..pero teka..magoogle nga sa internet..kc I was wondering earlier anong konekson nga ng ghosts and mooncakes...
The seventh lunar month in the traditional Chinese calendar is called Ghost Month. Yung seventh lunar month falls usually August.
On the first day of the month, the Gates of Hell are sprung open to allow ghosts and spirits access to the world of the living. The spirits spend the month visiting their families, feasting and and looking for victims!! mwahahaha..este...Ngek!
The 15th day of the month is Ghost Festival, sometimes called Hungry Ghost Festival. The Mandarin name of this festival is zhōng yuán jié (中元節 / 中元节). This is the day when the spirits are in high gear.
Nay!
The last day of the month is when the Gates of Hell are closed up again.
I've not tried balut..and I don't think I can stomach the idea of feathers and beak..and so beaks-off ako to people who can eat it...
century of days...hehe..not years..though I remember one group way back in high school reported in Practical Arts subject na yun nga..takes 100 years to make daw for the century eggs...LOL
really??? but I always thought thats balut, coz its a bit developed..
ah..Sir B ordered one time sa GB3...I forgot the name of the resto..but sizzling balut..but when I looked at it..sabi ko para naman tong hard boiled eggs...matsalap sauce tho...
The best balut is one which is not yet really developed, i.e. no feathers and certainly no beak. And the best way to eat it is with huts a little salt. Nothing more. Others like to have vinegar with it. Pero ako, salt lang ok na.
Ako rin ang mga nakikita kong kinakain nila e, yuk talaga...may kitang developng sisiw na...buti na lang at di ako kumakain ng balot...kaya mula noon, ayaw ko ng makakita ng balut.... siguro nga sa Pateros alam nila kung kailan ang tamang timing sa pagluluto...kaya naman dyan ang pinaka magaling ng pagluluto ng balot...^_^
honga, why is it that most of the time I heard people talking about it..parang yucky, feathers, beak..etc...does this mean yung mga kilala ko just ate substandard balot? hmm....
If their source of balut is the late night ambulant vendor, it is possible that what they are getting is of "substandard" quality. Not that there is a strict quality standard, but that the Pateros balut makers are more experienced and have a reputation to protect.
mooncake from Landmark (hey, its August moon)
ReplyDeleteGhirardelli because I've run out of native tablea
black monggo pao (or taosa pao) from Cebu...
ok na to for my breakfast/lunch/merienda combi!
Ano yun?
ReplyDeleteAugust moon festival or Mid-Autumn festival...
ReplyDeleteIt is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese families celebrate the end of the harvest season with a big feast.
What I can recall is that mga revolutionaries in China even sent message to each other thru mooncakes (usually given on this day to friends and family) and that was one way of communication where they would not be subverted...
sa wiki - (though I always think of this as August moon festival, and not September moon)
ReplyDeleteThe Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around late September or early October in the Gregorian calendar.
It is a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.
talking about sugar-overload, you must be one super duper hyperactive person!
ReplyDeleteTeka nga pala Cat. Di ba roots mo Chinese? Woud you know kung bakit tinawag na "Ghost Month" ang August?
ReplyDeletehehehe..naku hindi...sorry..
ReplyDeletealthough like most Pinoys or even Cebuanos (kc maraming settlers don sa Cebu), I have Chinese blood but wala akong Chinese na upbringing..pero teka..magoogle nga sa internet..kc I was wondering earlier anong konekson nga ng ghosts and mooncakes...
funnily enough, I just sit most of the time...hyperactive siguro sa typing...
ReplyDeleteah..kc daw..
ReplyDeleteThe seventh lunar month in the traditional Chinese calendar is called Ghost Month. Yung seventh lunar month falls usually August.
On the first day of the month, the Gates of Hell are sprung open to allow ghosts and spirits access to the world of the living. The spirits spend the month visiting their families, feasting and and looking for victims!! mwahahaha..este...Ngek!
The 15th day of the month is Ghost Festival, sometimes called Hungry Ghost Festival. The Mandarin name of this festival is zhōng yuán jié (中元節 / 中元节). This is the day when the spirits are in high gear.
Nay!
The last day of the month is when the Gates of Hell are closed up again.
Good thing too...
Ah, ganun pala yun. Kasi ever since bata pa ako, ang buong akala ko kaya tinawag na Ghost month ang August kasi nga "Oh, Ghost!
ReplyDeletesiguro..if di ka bisaya..
ReplyDeletekc...."oh, Goose!" yata ang pronunciation sa min *wink, wink*
Buwan ng mga itik.
ReplyDeleteah..I thought itik = duck...ah..baka pato...I didn't know ang goose din pala ay itik..
ReplyDeletemaguusap na lang kaya tayo ng balot and duck eggs...LOL..
ReplyDeletePareho din lang naman ang tunog nila, di ba?
ReplyDeleteMy favorites! Balot na maini-init pa direct from Pateros. And the century egg made a century ago!
ReplyDeleteactually I don't know if the goose says quack-quack..
ReplyDeletebut...goose sa bisaya is "gangsa" or "gan-sa"
I've not tried balut..and I don't think I can stomach the idea of feathers and beak..and so beaks-off ako to people who can eat it...
ReplyDeletecentury of days...hehe..not years..though I remember one group way back in high school reported in Practical Arts subject na yun nga..takes 100 years to make daw for the century eggs...LOL
Kung meron nyan (feathers and beak) ang balut, that's not quality balut.
ReplyDeleteAh talaga? Kaya pala palaging meron sa supermarket.
ReplyDeletereally??? but I always thought thats balut, coz its a bit developed..
ReplyDeleteah..Sir B ordered one time sa GB3...I forgot the name of the resto..but sizzling balut..but when I looked at it..sabi ko para naman tong hard boiled eggs...matsalap sauce tho...
The best balut is one which is not yet really developed, i.e. no feathers and certainly no beak. And the best way to eat it is with huts a little salt. Nothing more. Others like to have vinegar with it. Pero ako, salt lang ok na.
ReplyDeleteIba naman yung sizzling balut.
Tamis breakfast naman yan!
ReplyDeleteah...and pair it with tamis-anghang UFC catsup (para sa sweetened egg omelette) *wink*
ReplyDeleteYung goose tila ganso ang tawag namin, yung itik ay duck...yung balot ba itlog yata ng duck...hehehe...nakakalito...
ReplyDeleteAko rin ang mga nakikita kong kinakain nila e, yuk talaga...may kitang developng sisiw na...buti na lang at di ako kumakain ng balot...kaya mula noon, ayaw ko ng makakita ng balut....
ReplyDeletesiguro nga sa Pateros alam nila kung kailan ang tamang timing sa pagluluto...kaya naman dyan ang pinaka magaling ng pagluluto ng balot...^_^
yung ganso sa amin ay safety pin...ahahaha!
ReplyDeletehonga, why is it that most of the time I heard people talking about it..parang yucky, feathers, beak..etc...does this mean yung mga kilala ko just ate substandard balot? hmm....
ReplyDeleteSa "ganso" ba galing ang salitang "gantso," as in mangga-gantso?
ReplyDeleteIf their source of balut is the late night ambulant vendor, it is possible that what they are getting is of "substandard" quality. Not that there is a strict quality standard, but that the Pateros balut makers are more experienced and have a reputation to protect.
ReplyDeleteand what is "mangga-gantso"?
ReplyDeleteI think it's duck with manggo.
ReplyDeleteI've not truly come across such a word....masyadong deep for me..
ReplyDeletebut I suspect you are teasing with the duck and manggo part hehehe...
coz...
goose nga, goose, hindi duck!
LOL
But I was serious with the "I think" part.
ReplyDeletewell, "I think" so too...that you were serious...that is...
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