Fête de la Lune à Paris 2023, good deals and moon cakes from the Mid-Autumn Festival in Paris

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Published by My de Sortiraparis, Audrey de Sortiraparis · Photos by My de Sortiraparis · Published on September 29th, 2023 at 10:20 a.m.
The Moon Festival returns this year on Friday, September 29, 2023. This Chinese festival is also celebrated in Paris with events, special menus and mooncakes. How about celebrating China's second most important holiday while staying in Paname?

The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is an ancient Asian tradition dating back over 1300 years. It is the most important Asian festival after New Year's Day. However, it remains little-known in France. Mid-Autumn is the eighth lunar month, with the moon shining brightest on the 15th day of the year.

It's at this time of year that the Chinese take the opportunity to join their families to go out and admire this famous full moon, chatting and savouring the famous moon cakes, these round cakes magnificently decorated and filled with a sweet filling: fruit, melon or lotus seeds, nuts, red bean paste ...

There are many legends about the origins of the Moon Festival and its cakes. The most popular is that the Moon Festival commemorated the Chinese victory over the Mongols in 1368. On this occasion, the Chinese were said to have hidden papers in cakes indicating the day of the attack, and to have distributed them clandestinely to their compatriots. Since the Mongols don't eat sweet cakes, the ruse worked perfectly.

In the run-up to the Moon Festival, which this year takes place on September 29, 2023, Moon Cakes are proliferating in Asian stores and specialized pastry shops. Tang Frères and Chinese patisseries on avenue d'Ivry and avenue de Choisy in the 13th arrondissement are the best places to try them.

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Happy Moon Festival Paris!

Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
From September 29th, 2023 to September 30th, 2023

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