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Episode 133: Chang'e, Mooncakes & Lots of Family Time // Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival

hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl

Emily, Madelyn, Jen

Relationships, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is the second-most important holiday after Chinese New Year, dating back 3,000 years when China’s emperor worshipped the moon for bountiful harvests. On this day, it is believed that the moon is at its brightest and fullest size.  As we get older, we have grown a genuine interest in these traditions that we used to not think twice about, or even find to be a nuisance. And as we think about the nature of these traditions and celebrations, we start to dig deeper into the root of why we celebrate them and what the deeper meaning or purpose is, especially as we begin to build our own families and think about how we want to celebrate with our children. This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 21st. Tune in to how we individually celebrated this festival with our family, and how we plan to celebrate this holiday going forward. How do you plan to celebrate this year?  This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh. ___ P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode: - Boll & Branch: Get 15% off your first set of sheets at bollandbranch.com with code ABG. - First Republic: firstrepublic.com - Girlfriend Collective: Get $25 off $100 or more at girlfriend.com/ABG.  - Glamnetic: Get 30% off the first order at glamnetic.com/abg.  - Honey: Get Honey for FREE at Join Honey.com/ABG. - ZocDoc: Sign up for the app for free at zocdoc.com/abg. S H O U T O U T ! - Give a shoutout on the podcast here. S U B S C R I B E T O U S ! - @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook - More about us at asianbossgirl.com E – M A I L U S ! - hello@asianbossgirl.com S U P P O R T U S ! - merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com - donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.9

My name is Helen.

0:35.9

I'm Janet, and I'm Mel.

0:49.3

Do you know these remember celebrating Chinese holidays with your families?

0:53.0

I remember as a kid, I would go to a bunch of these family gatherings, not knowing why

0:56.5

we're having another Chinese dinner when I really wanted home to have a faye.

0:59.7

I remember as a kid, we always go play at some family friends' house for dinner.

1:02.8

We didn't go to restaurants for these celebrations, and honestly, I don't have any friends

1:07.1

there, so I should be sitting there on the couch playing my Game Boy.

1:10.0

I wasn't sure the first sentence was a rhetorical question, but I was going to answer you.

1:14.6

Yes.

1:15.6

Yeah, no, I remember that too.

1:18.0

A lot of times, you go to family friends' houses, and then you just play with the kids,

1:21.1

and you're just like, oh, I guess this is a holiday.

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