The Mid-Autumn festival is currently beingness celebrated inwards Singapore too Gardens past times the Bay are putting on an amazing lantern display. I went to the gardens terminal Fri even out to cause got a await too I cause got to say it is amend than ever!
Just inwards instance yous don't know the Mid-Autumn festival is a harvest festival which is held on the 15th hateful solar daytime of the 8th calendar month inwards the Chinese calendar. The festival celebrates gathering (for representative household unit of measurement too friends coming together), thanksgiving (giving cheers for the harvest) too praying (asking for conceptual or fabric satisfaction). The harvest has been celebrated during the tumble total Luna since the Shang dynasty (16th to tenth century BC). An of import exercise of the festival celebration is Luna worship every bit the ancient Chinese believed inwards rejuvenation beingness associated amongst the Luna too water. Offerings were made to a lunar deity known every bit Chang'e who was the Luna Goddess of Immortality. The festival was a fourth dimension to celebrate the successful harvesting of rice too wheat amongst nutrient offerings made inwards accolade of the moon.
Today people celebrate Mid-Autumn festival too savor eating mooncakes, a gustatory modality I'm afraid I haven't managed to larn inwards my fourth dimension inwards Singapore too acquit brightly lit lanterns at celebrations. Many people were carrying their ain lanterns simply about amongst them on Fri night, myself included, whilst enjoying the fabulous displays all simply about the gardens.
Today people celebrate Mid-Autumn festival too savor eating mooncakes, a gustatory modality I'm afraid I haven't managed to larn inwards my fourth dimension inwards Singapore too acquit brightly lit lanterns at celebrations. Many people were carrying their ain lanterns simply about amongst them on Fri night, myself included, whilst enjoying the fabulous displays all simply about the gardens.
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Gardens past times the Bay is celebrating the festival amongst a huge display of lanterns this yr featuring both traditional Chinese themes too international themes that everyone volition hold upwards able to recognise. If yous await at my commencement photos you'll encounter nosotros were taken on a mini tour simply about the footing too yous should hold upwards able to position diverse dissimilar countries, which ones tin yous recognise? Hopefully you'll detect the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland lanterns amongst some of London's famous landmarks.
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The traditional themes include the ancient Chinese palace, the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea too the Treasure Voyages of Cheng Ho. There are lanterns representing all the dissimilar races inwards Singapore nether the topic of racial harmony, ones representing the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, a sporting topic too a birds of paradise theme. I idea they were all non bad but was especially taken amongst the ancient Chinese palace too the other large lanterns out inwards the lake. They all await real magical lit upwards at night.
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Asides from the lanterns at that spot are enough of other things to encounter too create at the festival. There are nightly cultural performances, diverse trip the lite fantastic too fine art troupes volition hold upwards at the gardens every bit good every bit a sculpture exhibition at the Silver Garden. For to a greater extent than details of what yous tin encounter depository fiscal establishment jibe out the Gardens past times the Bay website. There are also loads of cultural activities for visitors to participate in, addition yous tin catch the winning entries from a lantern making contest too. Many of the entries had a rigid Singaporean topic taking recognisable aspects of local civilization too focusing on promoting racial harmony too cohesion inwards the community. I was seriously impressed past times the talent exhibited here! No festival would hold upwards consummate without food, of course, too the gardens has an Asian nutrient street selling a diversity of goodies from China, Taiwan too Singapore. Although I didn't sample anything on offering on my catch (having enjoyed some dim amount earlier walking simply about the gardens) I did detect the presence of smelly tofu or rather the aroma of it.
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The Mid-Autumn festival is on forthwith until 14 September 2014, Mon - Fri 6pm - 11pm, Sat - Lord's Day 3pm - 11pm.
Free admission, entrance fees apply to the cooled conservatories.
Venues: Golden Garden
Silver Garden
Dragonfly Lake
Scented Walk
Baby Planet surrounding
Supertree Grove
Supertree Grove Colonnade
Check Gardens past times the Bay website here for farther details regarding the Mid-Autumn festival.
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