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Mooncakes are traditionally on the menu during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was celebrated yesterday, and the moon itself proved to be an essential ingredient this year.
Several domestic airlines organized flights to give people a better view of the full moon.
Shandong Airlines promoted 40 of its 400 domestic flights to passengers wanting a closer view of the full moon. The company even looked into the movement of the moon and allocated passengers the best seats for viewing it.
“Over 300 passengers booked these special seats,” said Mao Yi, a clerk with Spring Airlines, which also made such arrangements.
On the ground, many of the younger generation, especially those who could not be with their families or friends because of work commitments, have been sending greetings via instant messaging services.
However, if it’s possible, everyone is keen to get together with their loved ones in person.
“In the past, we were more interested in food. Now, we value the opportunity to catch up with our families,” Wang Lamei, a housewife in Luohe, Henan Province.
“We look forward to visiting relatives and eating good food,” she said. After supper, a table is set in the yard with fruit and mooncakes, and her family sit and chat into the early hours in the moonlight.
Mooncakes were once a luxury to many during harder times.
But they are so common nowadays they are no longer the treat they used to be.
Due to the frugality and anti-corruption campaign of the past three years, expensive and luxurious moon cakes have lost their appeal. Ordinary ones, which are kinder on the wallet, have regained popularity.
In rural areas, many “left-behind” children were missing their parents.
Xian Deping, 12, from the southwestern province of Guizhou, will spend the holiday with her brother and grandmother. Her father died several years ago and her mother now works in the city to support the family.
Local officials sent her and others like her gifts and greetings to celebrate the festival.
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