Bustling villages make banh chung to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival

Huy Thu• September 20, 2021 11:39

(Baonghean.vn) - To prepare for children to have a happy and warm Tet holiday, in recent days, many localities in Thanh Chuong have been organizing the wrapping and cooking of Chung cakes to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival, creating a joyful and bustling atmosphere.

Depending on the specific conditions of each locality, blocks and hamlets in many communes and towns in Thanh Chuong have organized the wrapping and cooking of Chung cakes to give to children to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some hamlets wrap and cook the cakes from the 12th day of the 8th lunar month, while others cook them on the 14th day of the 8th lunar month. On this occasion, people in block 5A, Thanh Chuong town wrapped 580 Chung cakes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the spirit of volunteering, families participated in contributing ingredients such as sticky rice, meat, dong leaves, green beans, etc. These days, people in the blocks and hamlets temporarily put aside their family work to join hands in wrapping Chung cakes. Photo: Huy Thu

In some communes like Thanh Giang, union members and youth organize the wrapping and cooking of banh chung to give to disadvantaged children in the commune. Photo: Huy Thu

Mid-Autumn FestivalThis year's event took place in the context of the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic. Everyone participating in wrapping and cooking banh chung for the children was aware of wearing masks to prevent the epidemic and not gathering in large numbers. Some hamlets have divided into small groups to cook to ensure disease prevention. Photo: Huy Thu

Chung cakes and Tet cakes for Mid-Autumn Festival in all blocks and hamlets are wrapped loosely (without molds) in dong or banana leaves, but still ensure quality. Photo: Huy Thu

Right from the time of contributing ingredients to make the cakes, people contributed firewood to cook the cakes. In many places, firewood is piled up at the village cultural house. After the cake pot is put on the stove, people assign or volunteer to cook the cakes all night. In the photo: Cooking moon cakes in Thanh Lien commune. Photo: Huy Thu

Many large pots full of banh chung are being cooked at the same time. The corner of the hamlet's cultural house has become the village kitchen these days. In An Phong hamlet, Thanh An commune, with hundreds of banh chung, the locals have to use 9 large pots to cook. Photo: Huy Thu

Small banh chung cakes made from sticky rice, green beans, pork, and banana leaves from home gardens may not be as beautiful as those sold in the market, but they are delicious and safe. Collective wrapping and cooking of cakes has made the Mid-Autumn Festival in villages and district towns more meaningful. Photo: Huy Thu