Lantern Launching

中秋节快乐！Happy Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival! And true to its name, last night the skies were filled with an aerial armada of floating lanterns drifting, and crashing down, across the city night sky. Leading up to the night, stores and offices were full of pastry called moon cakes, a sometimes delicious, sometimes not, pastry … Continue reading →

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Everyone!

Image source here. Mid-autumn festival is a Chinese holiday that falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar. A calendar that aligns with the phases of the moon. The holiday lasts for three days and is partly the cause of the fake-cation scheme described in the last post. In celebration of both … Continue reading →

Happy Weekend…Or Not

Here in China we have lots of great holidays, many of which center around the lunar calendar. The upcoming mid-autumn festival next Wednesday is no exception with its moon gazing, candle burning, lantern and moon cake festivities. Phil and I are both looking forward to doing a whole lot of nothing that day. Here in … Continue reading →