Pomelo are related to mooncake festival since their season falls during the mooncake festival. During the mooncake festival, the Chinese eat the pomelo and put the rinds on their head with the hope that the Moon Goddess would see the rinds.
MOONCAKE
15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by the Chinese and other peoples of east and southeast Asia. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. The festival dates back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season with this festival. Traditionally, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomelos together.
Mooncakes, a Chinese bakery product, are eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie), one of the four most important Chinese festivals. They are often exchanged between family and friends and are a part of the overall celebration.
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mooncakes-月饼Yuèbǐng
MOONCAKE
15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival is a popular harvest festival celebrated by the Chinese and other peoples of east and southeast Asia. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. The festival dates back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season with this festival. Traditionally, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomelos together.
Mooncakes, a Chinese bakery product, are eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie), one of the four most important Chinese festivals. They are often exchanged between family and friends and are a part of the overall celebration.
Beijing, Suzhou, and Guangdong
It is the mix between some kind of fruit and another kind of fruit.
We (I'm Chinese) eat moon cakes during Mid-Autumn Festival. It symbolizes hope and homesickness. Research moon cakes at Wikipedia. Tells you a lot!Hope this helps!
Millet, rice and mooncake.
The Mooncake Festival is also known as The Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, or in Chinese, Zhongqiu Jie (中秋节). It is probably the most important holiday for the Chinese after Chinese New Year. Celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon of the year, it is a night for many people to sit out and gaze at the moon as it also at it's roundest and brightest. For farmers, it's their last day of the summer harvest. For most normal people it's a day they come out to worship the moon god and thank the heavens (which the moon is a representation) and earth. They will pray to the moon god for good fortune, family unity as well as protection. There is no requirement and the Chinese do not HAVE to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. They just choose to as many western society choose to celebrate Easter or Christmas.
In India there are many festivals related to the moon. eg:- some hindu festivals are Shivratri{day before new moon};holi,budhha purnima, guru purnima, {all on full moon};diwali{on new moon} Others are janmashtami,rath yatra. All muslim festivals depend on the moon.In calendars 'Id' is mentioned that it is subject to appearance of the moon.