The Lantern Festival in Penang!

The Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Cake Festival is celebrated on the 15th of the 8th month in the Chinese calendar which traditionally marked as a harvest season. It is normally fall on the night of full moon between early September to early October of the Gregorian calendar.
Traditions and myths surrounding the festival are formed around three fundamental concepts which are gathering with family & friends, thanksgiving for the harvest or harmonious unions and praying for conceptual or material satisfaction. In the modern the celebration, it is still an occasion for outdoor reunions among friends and relatives and the most famous activity is the performance of dragon and lions dances.

There was some special celebration of Lantern Festival which happened in Penang this year. Hundreds of visitors gathered at the Love Lane area where the narrow streets in this historical part of the city were fulled with various activities such as moon cake classes, Cantonese Opera performances, puppet shows and many more.

#1- The art work at Love Lane. It is pretty cute, right?

#2- A beautiful night with lanterns hanging all along the streets.

#3- The performance of Chinese Orchestra caught my eyes.

#4- The Legend of the M.O.O.N.

#5- Did the manual printing by applying the Chinese black ink on the carved wood.

#6- Tadaa! This is what I got from the manual printing.

#7- A small concert with all the Hokkien oldies songs.

#8- Go (围棋) is a board game, played on a grid of black line (usually 19x19).

#9- Chinese Calligraphy is an art of writing which form prized above all others in traditional China.

#10- Dragon Dance Performance.

#11- A hundred years' temple at Love Lane, Penang.

#12- Prayers in the temple.

#13- The power of Chinese Surname family tree. 

#14- Love the colour combination of lanterns.

#15- It is so amazing that quiet streets turned out to be so happening in a sudden.

#16- An "old uncle" with old bike.

#17- Happy Goat Year!

#18- You can try your hands at making your own moon cakes.

#19- Paint your own Beijing Opera mask.

#20- The old styles lanterns reminded me of my childhoods.

Love, 
Beverly.