(Singapore August 24, 2020) As we approach Mid-Autumn Festival and a time of reunion in the coming month, the Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival (Digital Edition) will take place online from 14 September to 11 October, 2020. The festival will feature well-loved family-friendly programmes that spotlight Mid-Autumn customs and cultural heritage, as well as an outdoor installation featuring four large roly-poly fish lanterns!

Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and learn about Chinese traditions and customs from the comfort of your own home with the inaugural digital edition of the well-loved Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations by the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall! 

Falling on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival (also known as Mooncake Festival) is one of the most important festivals for Chinese communities around the world. Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival invites the public to celebrate and acquaint themselves with the rich historical and cultural significance of the festival as part of the memorial hall’s efforts to promote Chinese arts, culture and heritage.

Held online via the memorial hall’s Facebook page (@sysnmh), Wan Qing Mid-Autumn Festival aims to bring heritage to closer to home through an exciting line-up of family-friendly digital initiatives such as cooking classes, storytelling sessions, interactive craft demonstrations and more. Besides the digital offerings, visitors to the memorial hall can look forward to its thematic lantern installation, “Rolling in Abundance”, which promises to make for great photo-moments under the stars.

For more information:

http://sysnmh.org.sg/en/whats-on/events/wan-qing-mid-autumn-festival-2020

Lantern Installation: “Rolling in Abundance”                                                                                                                                                                     Supported by 78JO                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Date: 15 September - 11 October                                                                                                                                                                                                    Time: 10.00am - 9.00pm (daily)

Produced by Hong Kong artist Sunny Tam of the collectible label, 78JO in collaboration with the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, “Rolling in Abundance” is an outdoor installation featuring four large roly-poly fish lanterns. In Chinese culture, fishes (“yu”) symbolise completeness and abundance, as it is a homonym for the Mandarin word for “abundance” (“yu”). The rounded nature of the design is doubly symbolic, as roundness (“yuan”) also sounds similar to the Mandarin word for “reunion” (“tuan yuan”), and pays homage to the full and bright mid-autumn moon.  

“Rolling in Abundance” utilises wordplay to present traditional beliefs and values in a modern context, and encourages deeper understanding and appreciation of the beauty of the Chinese language. More importantly, in these trying times, the installation embodies our hope for more abundant years to come, and gives thanks as we reunite with families and loved ones during Phase 2 of Singapore’s circuit breaker period.

Wan Qing Yuan Gives Back: Mid-Autumn Festival Edition                                                                                                                                                                Supported by InterContinental Singapore, AllsWell Singapore, Anderson Secondary School and St. Margaret’s Secondary School                                                        Date: 7 to 9 September

Mid-Autumn Festival is a time of joyous union with family and friends. With safe distancing measures in place, the celebrations may feel different this year, but it doesn’t mean that we are any less connected. In the spirit of giving back to the community, the Memorial Hall has collaborated with InterContinental Singapore, AllsWell Singapore, Anderson Secondary School and St. Margaret’s Secondary School to distribute 200 festive care packages to those in need. 

In the Kitchen with Chef Eric Neo: Pulot Hitam Snowskin Mooncake                                                                                                                                              Supported by InterContinental Singapore                                                                                                                                                                                      Date: 4 October 2020

Mid-Autumn Festival won’t be complete without mooncakes, which are Chinese pastries traditionally filled with a sweet lotus paste. Join us in the kitchen with Chef Eric Neo from InterContinental Singapore and Nicole Chang Min as they guide you through the steps to create a unique Mid-Autumn treat bursting with local flavour - Pulot Hitam Snowskin Mooncake!  Will Nicole be able to pass Chef Eric’s culinary challenge and create her very own Pulot Hitam Snowskin Mooncake in record time? Watch this video to find out!

Mid-Autumn Craft Tutorial: Create Your Own Bunny Lantern                                                                                                                                              Supported by Event Arts                                                                                                                                                                                                           Date: 7 October 2020

Lighting lanterns is a popular traditional activity associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival - they chase away the darkness, light the way home at night, and represent a desire for union and the aspiration for a better life. Most importantly, lighting lanterns add a touch of festivity and are great fun for all ages! Create your own bunny lantern in this DIY Mid-Autumn craft tutorial using recycled materials found at home for an unique Mid-Autumn experience.

Mid-Autumn Tales: “Happy Mooncake Festival, Elena!”                                                                                                                                                        Supported by Speak Good English Movement                                                                                                                                                                              Date: 21 September 2020

Do you know why we eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, or how the legend of Chang’E came to be? Explore the origins of Mid-Autumn Festival at this special interactive storytelling session and learn more about the connection between the Moon Goddess, Jade Rabbit, and our much-loved mooncakes!  

Join Karen Lim, actress, storyteller and FLY Entertainment Artiste, as she reads ‘Happy Mooncake Festival Elena!’, written by Dingli Stevens, illustrated by Liang Kun and published by Armour Publishing. Embark on a magical journey with Elena and her new friend Bunny, as they learn more about Mid-Autumn Festival and why mooncakes taste so yummy! Pay attention to the story and see if you can answer our quiz questions along the way.

Music at Monuments – NHB x SCCC                                                                                                                                                                                            Date: 24 September 2020

Bask in the voices of local a cappella band The Apex Project as they present a medley of moon-themed songs to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, Singapore’s 33rd National Monument! Co-presented by the Preservation of Sites & Monuments division of the National Heritage Board and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, this is the first of the Music at Monuments – NHB x SCCC series which features our homegrown talents performing curated tunes at our National Monuments.

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