Portman Ritz Carlton Hotel Shanghai Moon Cake 2008

Double Egg York with Mashed Lotus Seed Pastry & Mashed Red Bean Pastry (4 pieces / box):       CNY288 / box

双黄莲蓉及双黄豆沙月饼礼盒（4只装）

Single Egg York with Mashed Lotus Seed Pastry & Mashed Red Bean Pastry (6 pieces / box)           CNY218 / box

迷你蛋黄莲蓉及迷你蛋黄豆沙月饼礼盒（6只装）

Guests can enjoy a 10 percent discount for every purchase of 10 boxes, 15 percent for a minimum of 50 boxes and 20 percent for the purchas of 100 boxes. Inquiries for orders and bulk orders exceeding 100 boxes can be made by email at info@fcclub.com







About Middle Autumn Festival

The 15th of August, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, is the date for the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. The mid-autumn Festival is a time for families to be together, so people far from home will gaze longingly at the Moon and miss their families a great deal.

One of the legends behind this festival tells the story of a plain girl named Wuyan, who was from Qi; an ancient nation in China. Wuyan was chosen for the Emperor’s palace because of her outstanding morality but she never attracted the attention of the Emperor due to her appearance.

However, as a youngster Wuyan had worshipped the Moon and this gave her special powers so that on the night of the 15th of August, when she met the emperor in the moonlight, he saw her as beautiful and fell in love with her immediately. Wuyan later married the Emperor and became the queen of Qi, and from this moment on the tradition of worshipping the Moon on the 15th of August began.

However, young Chinese ladies to also worship the Moon for another reason - in the hope that they can become as beautiful as Chang'e, a girl who, according to Chinese legend, lives in the moon.

The mid-autumn festival has many traditions and activities in which people express how much their families mean to them, and how much they miss absent members.

Customs of the Mid-autumn Festival

Appreciating the moon and eating moon cakes are the main activities practiced during the Mid-autumn Festival.

Gazing at the Moon

Gazing at the Moon in appreciation is an ancient tradition and during the Zhou Dynasty when people held Moon-gazing ceremonies to welcome the full moon, with a huge outdoor feasts of moon cakes, watermelons, apricots, apples, grapes and other fresh fruits. This popularity of this ancient tradition also grew during the Tang dynasty and Song dynasties, and during the Ming and the Qing dynasties, even more customs for marking this occasion were formed.

Eating Moon Cakes

Eating moon cakes whilst appreciating the full Moon is central part of the mid-autumn festival throughout China and is itself a symbol of family unity. Nowadays, moon cakes are given as presents that represent people’s wishes to be together with, and show appreciation for, their loved ones during the mid-autumn festival.