"It's good to have these public events again after celebrating at home for two years," she said. Her sons, Keegan Low, nine, and Jaylen Low, five, marked the occasion in the last two years by carrying lanterns around their home or neighbourhood, without taking part in any mass festivities.
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Harvest festivals celebrated during the autumn full moon have been commonplace among many of the country’s ethnic groups for millennia, but it is believed the seeds of the festival we know today were sown around 3,000 years ago when the Chinese Emperor made worship and offerings to the moon in hope. Madam Jocelyn Foo, a 41-year-old administrator who was at the Memorial Hall on Monday with her family, said she was looking forward to the celebrations this year. The origins of Mid-Autumn festival extend deep into China’s past. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Lantern or Mooncake Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which is on Sept 10 this year. He hopes to attract the same number of visitors this year. Mr Ryan Tan, co-chairman of the Chinatown festival committee, said that before the pandemic, more than a million visitors would join in the Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival each year. Weekend stage shows at Kreta Ayer Square, a lantern painting competition at Chinatown Point and a trade fair outside People's Park Complex will also be held at various times. There will also be mooncake lanterns representing different Chinese dialect groups in Singapore.įor the first time, there will be a food fair at Smith Street from Aug 26 till Sept 10 from noon to 10pm daily. The main centrepiece at Eu Tong Sen Street is a 10m-tall candy-coloured sculpture of snowskin mooncakes accompanied by jade rabbits.
Visitors can view the light-up in Upper Cross Street for the first time, in addition to the usual areas of New Bridge Road, South Bridge Road and Eu Tong Sen Street, from Aug 26 to Sept 25. Chinatown will be bringing back an in-person event after two years of virtual celebrations on the theme of Blossoming Flowers Under The Full Moon, in reference to a sense of bliss as families and loved ones reunite.
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