Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration: Mooncakes Tasting & Lantern Making Workshop
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Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival through taste, craft, and tradition, take home your own lantern as a glowing symbol of hope and reunion.
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节), a traditional Chinese festival that honours the full moon, family reunion, and the beauty of the autumn season. Rooted in centuries of stories and symbolism, it is a time for gathering, sharing, and reflecting under the brightest moon of the year.
Mooncakes are traditionally shared as symbols of unity and togetherness, while tea is enjoyed in quiet appreciation. Lanterns also play an important role in the festival—glowing decorations that light up homes and streets, symbolising hope, joy, and reunion as people come together to admire the full moon. You will have the chance to create and take home your own lantern.
What You’ll Experience:
🌕 Festival Stories: Discover the legends and cultural meanings behind the Mid-Autumn Festival, from moon mythology to themes of reunion and gratitude
🥮 Mooncakes & Tea: Enjoy traditional mooncakes paired with fragrant tea, experiencing a beloved festival pairing that celebrates sharing and togetherness
🏮 Lantern Making: Create and decorate your own Mid-Autumn lantern, inspired by traditional designs that are lit and carried to celebrate light, unity, and seasonal change
Cultural introduction
The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the autumn full moon, symbolising reunion, gratitude, and togetherness. Observed on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, it is a time when families and friends gather to admire the moon and celebrate the beauty of the season.
One of the festival’s most recognisable traditions is the sharing of mooncakes, round pastries that symbolise unity, completeness, and reunion. Tea is often enjoyed alongside them as families come together for evening gatherings beneath the moonlight. Lanterns also play an important role in the celebration, illuminating homes and streets with warm light as symbols of hope, joy, and good fortune.
Rooted in centuries of folklore and seasonal customs, the Mid-Autumn Festival remains one of the most cherished celebrations in Chinese culture today.
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September 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm BST