Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival!

[canton]

For many of you living in East Asia, especially China, you will know today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also known as the Mooncake Festival, because as the title suggests, mooncakes are a huge tradition on this day to be consumed as a sweet treat. On this day, the Chinese believe that the moon is at its brightest and fullest, which also coincides with the autumn harvest season.

Free Mooncake

Flight Number: CZ3394
Routing: Guangzhou Baiyun Intl. → Zhengzhou Xinzheng Intl.
Plane: China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-800
Flight Time: 1hrs 45mins

Getting started for our journey up to Henan

Departing the province home to Cantonese-style Mooncakes

Turning out of Canton

Cruising above the rugged terrain of Hunan

Preparing for descent above Wuhan’s Tianhe Airport

On finals into Zhengzhou

Buttering the bread into Zhengzhou

Turning into the gate before departing out to Jieyang for people to enjoy Teochew-style Mooncakes

Bonus Shot

Have a wonderful day/night and

中秋节快乐！

[A320ifly]

Great looking pictures! That moon shot is just Also, sounds like a fun festival!

[canton]

Thank you!

[adit]

@canton

Buttering the bread into Zhengzhou

Nice shots! But shouldn’t that be: glazing the mooncakes into Zhengzhou?

[canton]

We don’t really use glazing as a term, but rather: 在月饼上刷上蛋液, which would mean brushing mooncakes with egg wash. It felt awkward saying “Brushing the mooncakes into Zhengzhou”, so I decided not to go with it.

[QFA_12]

Wonderful trip report and photos! Mid-Autumn Festival is such unique experience I’ve been around a few over the years and even have had the chance to make Moon Cakes which was fun