Family Values -
Chinese Moon Festival's Key Message
The Wellington Chinese
community and supporters will get together to celebrate the
Moon Festival for the first time tomorrow, National MP
Pansy Wong said today.
"A special Moon Cake has been
created for the celebration of the Moon Festival to be held
at Parliament.
"Tomorrow is August 15 according to the
Lunar calendar and we will be celebrating it at 5.30pm at
the Beehive Banquet Hall.
"The theme of the Festival is
'Family get together and well being'.
"It is particularly
timely to celebrate and highlight family wellbeing now when
there is huge public awareness and concern about child
neglect and abuse."
Mrs Wong noted that the origin of the
Moon Cake was in itself fascinating history.
"It was
created back at the Yuan dynasty where the majority Han
clans were ruled by the iron fists of the Mongolian nomads.
Hans wrapped the message to stage an uprising inside Moon
Cake, a cake that did not appeal to the Mongolians."
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