#asian festivals

[gpstudios]

Celebrating Qixi Festival: The Chinese Valentine's Day

Celebrate Qixi Festival on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month! Also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day, this special occasion honors the enduring love between the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. #QixiFestival #ChineseValentinesDay #Love

Qixi Festival, also known as the Double Seventh Festival, is one of China’s most romantic and cherished traditional holidays. Celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Qixi is often referred to as the Chinese Valentine’s Day, as it honors the legendary love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. This ancient festival is steeped in mythology, cultural traditions, and romantic…

[philosophers-shwag]

Away from home for the mid-autumn festival so I drew some faves

[bixels]

Jesus man, relax.

[buffetlicious]

Yes, I know they are a seafood restaurant, but Swatow Seafood Restaurant (汕头海鲜) has some of the most beautifully crafted mooncakes I have seen this year. The Flaky Teochew Golden Lotus Blossom Delight (金莎荷花酥) with uniquely crafted golden sand chocolate ball filling, crispy outer layer, is perfect for sharing with friends and family during the festive season.

If lotus flower isn’t your type, how about Flaky Teochew Peach Blossom Double Delight (桃花双拼). Each box contains two pieces of Sweet Coconut Paste Mooncakes (酥皮椰香) and two pieces of Savoury X.O Scallop Paste Mooncakes (酥皮X.O干贝).

The traditional Teochew “La Piah” (潮州双拼大朥饼) pastry, measured 18cm in diameter. Multi-layered crispy skin embraces delectable lotus paste and red bean paste, adorned with five egg yolks. This sweet and savoury combination will surely entice your appetite.

Their Mini Flaky Teochew “Orh Nee” Yam Paste with Yolk (迷你潮州香芋酥) has a gorgeous looking purple and white flaky shell filled with yam/taro paste and one salted yolk. You can also buy the Galaxy’s Eight Delights (八星伴月礼篮) set with eight mini yam mooncakes and one Traditional Teochew “La Piah”.

Some images courtesy of Swatow Seafood Restaurant.

[teaah-art]

Malyali Miku / മലയാളി മികു

She is wearing a kasavu dhavani

Kasavu : Traditional weave from Kerala that uses silver and gold threads

Dhavani : Sort of a half-saree but a multi-piece garment, unlike a saree.

Drawing a series of South Asian Mikus! Here's the second one! Is there a South Asian Miku you would like to see? Feel free to request!

P.S. : Happy Onam!!!!!!!!!!

All South Asian Mikus

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[thelcsdaily]

Mooncake Festival - September 29, 2003

Traditionally consumed during the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, mooncakes are a type of Chinese pastry item. While moonwatching is allegedly related to the event and mooncakes are considered a delicacy, the festival is mostly about the harvest. While commemorating the holiday, mooncakes are shared among friends or at family get-togethers. As one of the four most significant Chinese festivals, the Mid-Autumn Festival is well-known.

I get way too much happiness from good food. - Elizabeth Oliver

[lifeblogstory]

Candied Fruits

Went for tanghulu as dessert. When buying a strawberry tanghulu🍓, the lady gave extra tangerine and raspberry🍊. Was very grateful for the lady being so generous. Very happy vibe to share. From “Chan Bai Mei”

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[ladamarossa]

Door (1988)

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #TextileTuesday + #CowAppreciationDay 🐮🐄:

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows [Gopashtami] India, Deccan, Aurangabad (?), late 18th c. Painted & printed gold & silver leaf & opaque watercolor on indigo-dyed cotton 97 5/8 x 103 1/8 in. (248 x 262 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2003.177

"Large painted cloths (pichhwais) were made to hang behind the main image in a temple. This textile was produced for the Festival of Cows (Gopashtami), which occurs in the late autumn to celebrate Krishna’s elevation from a herder of calves to a cowherd. Note the range of cows and frolicking calves that populate the flower-strewn field. The indigo ground and extensive use of gold and silver are typical of pichhwais that were made for a community of Sri Nathji devotees who moved to the Deccan during this period."

[the-evil-clergyman]

Akita Namahage Festival by Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1973)

[morethansalad]

Chinese Mung Bean Cakes with Pumpkin Fillings (Vegan)

[johnny69150]

GRÂCE PARK

[buffetlicious]

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节), also known as the Mooncake Festival, falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. It is called the Mid-autumn Festival because the 15th day is the middle of a month, and the eighth lunar month is in the middle of autumn. In Singapore, mooncakes and lanterns are offered for sale as early as a month before the festival. These days, however, it has become more common to give mooncakes as gifts than to eat them during the festival. The custom of offering sacrifices to the moon has been replaced by celebrating the festival with family and friends. Moon-viewing parties is one way to enjoy the occasion, with family and friends sitting in gardens lit by paper lanterns, sipping tea, nibbling on mooncakes, and if so inspired, composing poetry in venerable Tang Dynasty fashion.

The Full Moon is considered a symbol of reunion, as such the Mid-autumn Festival is also known as the Reunion Festival. Shaped round like the full moon, mooncakes signify reunion. The Mid-autumn Festival is associated with the moon and “moon appreciation” (赏月) parties, particularly because the moon is at its brightest during this time. The festival also coincides with the end of the autumn harvest, marking the end of the Hungry Ghost Festival, which occurs during the seventh lunar month. The day of the Mid-autumn Festival is traditionally thought to be auspicious for weddings, as the moon goddess is believed to extend conjugal bliss to couples.

Among the Chinese, the most popular of all the tales connected with the Mid-autumn Festival is that of Chang-E (嫦娥), also known as the Moon Lady, and her husband Hou Yi (后羿). This myth is said to have originated from storytellers in the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), and even as far back as the time of Emperor Yao (2346 BCE).

Hidden Messages in Mooncakes played a major role in the liberation of Yuan China (1206–1341 CE) from the Mongols in the 14th century. Despite a prohibition against large gatherings, rebel leader Zhu Yuan Zhang was able to instigate a rebellion by placing secret messages in mooncakes. The rebellion took place during the Mid-autumn Festival, and the celebration of the festival and eating of mooncakes took on a different meaning thereafter.

Information from National Library Board. Bo Jio literally meaning “not invited” in Hokkien.

[emily84]

like, i'm not even liking shōgun. leaving aside how embarrassingly eurocentric, biased and racist the book is. (go read musashi if you want to read a genuine japanese epic saga with strong main characters)

as far as shōgun the show is concerned, i'm only on episode 2 and i already can't stand the white main character, with his 'american exceptionalism' yeah I know he's english but the show isn't and it shows, with carefully constructed poor wet meow meow personality and action-hero ''charisma'', and it doesn't help that the actor is a piece of wood next to titans like sanada hiroyuki et al

that said. i am living for the way these actors, previously confined to supporting characters and racist stereotypes are now dominating shows about their own country's history.

(also personally fangirling because sanada hiroyuki has been a fave for years and years! he's been acting since before the 80s iirc he's absolutely captivating in twilight samurai! and asano tadanobu became my favorite actor when i saw his incredible range in gohatto, zatoichi, ichi the killer and last life in the universe, all from the 90s/early 2000s)

i am so happy for their wins last night, good for them!!!!!!

[lotusinjadewell]

Fashion photoshoot with a Mid-Autumn festival concept. Credit to Trần Sơn.