🥮 Festive Foods 🥮
This round, sweet pastry is shared during the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.
What is a Mooncake
Families in Korea celebrate this holiday, sometimes called “Korean Thanksgiving.”
What is Chuseok
The Jade Rabbit on the moon is famous for making this treat in Chinese legend.
What are medicines/elixirs (sometimes also rice cakes depending on the version)
Lanterns are lit during this Chinese festival to symbolize reunion and brightness.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival
This animal is said to live on the moon in Chinese and Japanese folklore.
What is a rabbit
In Korea, families enjoy songpyeon, which are small rice cakes shaped like this natural object.
What is the Moon
The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on this lunar phase.
What is the full moon
This moon goddess is said to live on the moon after drinking an elixir of immortality.
Who is Chang’e
During Mid-Autumn Festival, kids often carry these glowing decorations shaped like animals or stars.
What are lanterns
During Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Festival, these big paper creatures parade through the streets.
What is a lions/dragons
Roasted versions of this nut are sold on streets in China and Korea during chilly autumn nights.
What are chestnuts
This Hindu festival of lights, often celebrated in late October or early November, marks the triumph of light over darkness.
What is Diwali
Hou Yi, Chang’e’s husband, was famed for shooting down this many suns
What is nine?
In Japan, people enjoy eating noodles with a raw egg during Tsukimi. This egg is meant to look like this celestial body.
What is the moon
In Korean ganggangsullae, women sometimes act out catching this animal under the moonlight.
What is a mouse
In Japan, tsukimi dango are eaten during the moon-viewing festival. They’re traditionally made from this ingredient.
What is rice flour
In Japan, Tsukimi means this activity under the autumn moon
What is moon-viewing?
In Korean myth, the Dangun story celebrates the founding of Korea by the son of a heavenly prince and a woman who was once this animal.
What is a bear
In China, this fruit is often hung during the Mid-Autumn Festival because its round shape symbolizes family unity.
What is a pomelo?
During Chuseok, Koreans tell a folktale about a crow that leaves behind this shiny object, symbolizing the sun.
What is a golden egg/bead
This bright orange fruit, symbolizing luck and longevity, ripens in fall and is a staple in East Asian desserts.
What is persimmon
Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Festival is called Tết Trung Thu and is especially known for celebrating this group of people.
Who are children?
The story of the Vietnamese Earth God Ông Địa connects him to this celestial body, often represented with a smiling face in autumn parades.
What is the moon?
In Korea, families celebrate Chuseok by playing ganggangsullae (강강술래), which is a traditional version of this activity.
What is dancing in a circle?
In India’s festival of lights, this animal is associated with the goddess Lakshmi, who rides it.
What is an owl