Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon celebration is the equivalent of a Thanksgiving holiday.
It is to appreciate rich harvests, hard work and family. A popular tradition of the Mid-Autumn Moon observance
is to eat “moon cakes”. Moon Cakes are
pastries filled with red bean or lotus bean paste with a yellow cooked yolk or
salted duck egg in the middle to symbolize the moon.
SACA, Suncoast Association of
Chinese Americans, will be hosting the 2013 Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on
Saturday, September 21, 2013, 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Safety Harbor Community
Center, 650 9th Avenue South, Safety Harbor, Florida 34695
Open to public. $2.00 admission. Indoor event.
Children are welcome
There will be kids’ games, arts,
crafts, food and entertainment for all to experience. There will also be on stage performances including
lion dance, traditional folk dance, kung fu demonstration, and Chinese
instruments.
For more information, please
visit www.facebook.com/sacatampabay,
or www.sacatampabay.org.