We came together to celebrate the belated Moon Festival tonight. There were no moon cakes, nor lanterns, nor candles. But the night was filled with laughter, care, and love. Nothing is better than surrounded by great food and beloved ones. Okay, I know hot pot is not so eco-friendly, but this is what Hong Kongness love to do. It explains why each Hong Kong citizen is guilty for producing so much greenhouse gases each year, hehe.
It was my first time in more than a decade to celebrate Moon Festival in Hong Kong. Not so much moon cakes were munched though. My mom used to buy me a lantern each year when I was small. I remember I had always wanted a traditional paper rabbit lantern (Mama, don't get me wrong. I still love the lanterns you bought me! I was too shy to tell you what I wanted) Yesterday night my childhood dream came true; my elementary classmate went to get rabbit lanterns for the 5 of us! Yawning was non-stopped after work for everyone, but we had a good time lighting lanterns and candles in a neighborhood park.
Looking at my rabbit lantern, I wonder if Gloria, one of my mates, is true about the tradition of lanterns. These paper rabbit lanterns were hand-crafted in paper-offerings shops.What is a paper-offerings shop? Super suspicious Chinese believe that their ancestors can have a joyful after-life in hell if they burn paper-made items to them. This is what paper-offerings shops do. You name it, they tailor-make it. The hottest item is Ferrari now. Anyway. An owner of a paper-offerings shop claims that lit a lantern can bring you good luck. But no lanterns should be kept once it's been lighted. Thinking of this makes me shiver.
The first thing to do in the morning is placing it in a garbage bin. Sorry, rabbit!
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