Pengxiang's Mid-Autumn Festival & National Day
2023-10-01 10:26
Enjoy the glorious full moon, family reunion, moon cakes, holidays......
These are the main impressions of most people on the Mid-Autumn Festival
And in the world of the Minnan people (Southern Fujian People)
No Mid-Autumn Festival is complete without Mooncake Gambling
The custom of Mooncake Gambling in southern Fujian
It's all about making a good splash
So the Minnan people always pay special attention to the Mid-Autumn Festival
On the afternoon of September 30, Pengxiang Industrial Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncake gambling activities were held in all business departments. All employees of Pengxiang gathered together to celebrate the festival.
In order to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day these 2 holidays, each department has carefully prepared a series of activities. It includes fun games, delicious buffet and traditional Mooncake Gambling. These activities are designed to allow employees to spend the special occasion in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, while also enhancing team cohesion and promoting communication among employees.
When walking along streets in Fujian during this Mid Autum, you will hear the pleasant silvery sound of the dice rolling. Cheers of winning or loss are everywhere.
The gambling game has six ranks of awards, which are named as the winners in ancient imperial examinations, and has 63 different sized mooncakes as prizes.
From the lowest to the highest, the titles of six ranks are Xiucai (the one who passed the examination at the county level), Juren (a successful candidate at the provincial level), Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examination), Tanhua, Bangyan and Zhuangyuan (respectively the number three to number one winners in the imperial examination at the presence of the emperor).
The month-long grand festival attracted thousands of participants from Fujian, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao as well as people from some Southeast Asian countries.