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Delicious Mouthwatering Foods and Drinks At Manchester Moon Festival 2023

Delicious Mouthwatering Foods and Drinks At Manchester Moon Festival 2023The colourful traditional Moon Festival coming to Manchester China Town this weekend from 22/09/2023 to 24/09/2023. Apart from the big inflatable Moon decoration and free activities, you will also find yourself engulfed with a range of Asian cuisines and Moon Cakes. Here are some of the foods you will find during our wonderful event:Delicious Chinese foods and popular Hong Kong street foodTraditional Chinese Moon CakesSizzling Chicken & Pork SkewersTrendy Bubble TeaMouth Watering Pork Chop & Satay Beef BunAlong with the wonderful food and drinks on offers, you will also find a range of lanterns in our gift stall. From traditional style Chinese lanterns, to kid friendly cartoon style lanterns, there definitely will be one suits your preference. So why wait, come down and join us to celebrate this wonderful festival with us at Manchester Moon Festival 2023.

Manchester Moon Festival 2023 Is Back

Manchester Moon Festival Is Back!After the successful event last held in 2019, Manchester Moon Festival is back in Manchester China Town between 22nd and 24th September 2023.Manchester Moon Festival 2023 is a free entry event, which means you can simply walk into Manchester China Town and enjoy a range of free activities while walking down our cuisine alley for some delicious foods & drinks as well as browsing through the traditional Chinese gifts and goods on offer. This year’s free event activities will include the infamous Chinese Lion Dancing, where you will not only enjoy the traditional Chinese Lion Dancing performance, but also can take the opportunity to become a Lion Dancer with a close-up experience to admire the art and craft skills on the Lion costume.Also included in our free activities is Street Kung-Fu session which will be led by our experienced Kung-Fu master. So come and enjoy this year’s Manchester Moon Festival with our Kung-Fu master to learn a move or two for your martial art skills. During the event you may also see our mascot, Moon-Caky, walking within the venue area waiting to share the wonderful festive atmosphere with you, your friends and your family.This year’s event will hosts a range of  stand up food and drink stalls with the most delicious cuisines and traditional Chinese Moon Cakes on a budget price. You will also find gift and goods stalls in the venue selling Chinese Lanterns along with other traditional and modern gifts.For more details on our free activities and list of foods & drinks on offering please visit our Manchester Moon Festival Web Site for more details.

Manchester Moon Festival 2023 Is Coming Soon

Manchester Moon Festival 2023 will be coming back in Manchester soon.The Moon Festival, or known as Mid-Autumn Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated notably by the Chinese People. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night, corresponding to late September to early October of the Gregorian calendar with a full moon at night.To celebrate this traditional cultural festival, Manchester Moon Festival 2023 will be coming to Manchester in September 2023.More details on this year Manchester Moon Festival celebration will be released very soon. Keep checking back on our offical website, or follow our Facebook page, for more latest details on this fantastic event in Manchester.Hope to see you all in Manchester Moon Festival 2023.

The Legend of HouYi And The Moon Festival

Many people may already heard of the Moon Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrating the 15th of the eighth month in lunar calendar. However like many other Chinese traditional festival there are many legend stories related to the Moon Festival. The legend of HouYi and Chang’e is one of the most famous legend story relating to this very festival.According to Chinese legend, there were ten suns appeared in the sky at the same time in the ancient China. People were struggling not only because of the heat, but also the crops getting dried up by the suns and hence affecting the each year’s harvesting. At this very time an extremely powerful figure, HouYi (后羿), was born. He climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain (崑崙山) and shot down nine of the ten suns with his bow and arrows, and strictly allowed the remaining sun to rise at a set time for the benefit of all people.Because of this heroic action, HouYi was sent an elixir by the Goddess. However HouYi was reluctant to take it and left it with his wife Chang’e (嫦娥). However one of his disciples knew this secret and broke into his house on the 15th of the eigth month in lunar calendar tried to steal it from Chang’e. Chang’e refused to give up the elixir and swallow it. Immediately her body floated off the ground and flew to the sky. She chose the moon for her residence so that she can see her husband from high above. When HouYi returned and found out the truth, he was sadden by the fact his beloved wife has flown to the moon. As a result he displayed fruits and cakes in his yard on this date every year to remember his beloved wife.This year Manchester Moon Festival teamed up with Wolfpack Adventures to setup a game store in the middle of Manchester China Town. You can test your archery skills with the help of our instructors, and see if you can be the hero just like HouYi did to shoot down nine suns to restore the World’s balance and peace.