This makes them particularly meaningful during the Lantern Festival, which celebrates family unity and the hope for a prosperous year ahead. Sharing mooncakes during this time is a gesture of ...

Families gather together over a meal and light lanterns, look at the moon and eat yue bing, otherwise known as mooncakes, ...

How to bake your own mooncakes Hong Kong flavours, Tai On Coffee and Tea Shop Nico, the head pastry chef at Tai On Coffee and Tea Shop, counts the lantern festival among her favourite holidays.

As people ready their lanterns and mooncakes in time for Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday, let’s take a look at the history, customs and symbolism of the moon festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is ...