The countryside is bustling with people wrapping Chung cakes to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Huy Thu• September 28, 2023 20:03

(Baonghean.vn) - In order to prepare for the children to enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival, some localities in Thanh Chuong district have organized a bustling process of wrapping and cooking Chung cakes.

It has become a tradition that every year on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people of Hamlet 1, Thanh Luong Commune (Thanh Chuong) organize the wrapping and cooking of Chung cakes at the hamlet's cultural house to give to children. Before wrapping the cakes, the people carefully prepared banana leaves, giang strings... Photo: Huy Thu

Local people, depending on their generosity, contributed sticky rice, meat, beans, firewood, and some contributed money (from30,000 - 50,000 VND) to join in wrapping and cooking banh chung to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Nguyen Trong Chat - Head of Hamlet 1, Thanh Luong Commune said: This year, Hamlet 1 wrapped over 500 banh chung to give to hundreds of children and lonely elderly people, people in difficult circumstances in the hamlet. On the morning of September 28, despite the heavy rain, the people in the hamlet still gathered in full, some rolling sticky rice, some making filling, some wrapping cakes... quite bustling. Photo: Huy Thu

People here mainly wrap banh chung in banana leaves with two main ingredients: sticky rice and pork. The sticky rice is washed and cleaned thoroughly, the meat is sliced and marinated with spices before wrapping. There are many participants, in just one morning, people wrapped enough 500 cakes. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_5..jpg — In Thanh An commune, this year, two hamlets, An Binh and An Phong, wrap banh chung to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The mothers and sisters here are very skillful at wrapping banh tet. Mr. Tran Cong Thang in An Phu hamlet, Thanh An commune shared: Every Mid-Autumn Festival, people in my hometown organize to wrap banh chung. Usually, the hamlet will make a list of children and lonely elderly people, estimate the number of cakes to wrap, then call on people to contribute and join hands in wrapping, cooking and distributing cakes. Everyone is enthusiastic and happy. Photo: Huy Thu

The small and pretty banh chung and banh tet cakes are wrapped from sticky rice, pork, green beans and familiar homegrown banana leaves and look quite eye-catching. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_7..JPG — Despite the rainy and windy weather conditions, people still enthusiastically brought firewood, pots and pans to the village cultural house to cook banh chung. On average, each village organizing the wrapping of banh chung must use 8-10 large pots to cook. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_8..JPG — Local people said that after "merging hamlets", many large hamlets still maintain the same traditions as when they were small hamlets, especially activities to prepare and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Huy Thu

After wrapping, Chung cakes for Mid-Autumn Festival are cooked in the hamlets over wood stoves for 7-8 hours. Some localities have assigned people to cook all night. Photo: Huy Thu

Batches of soft, delicious Chung cakes and Tet cakes are wrapped and cooked by groups and people in the hamlets, making them familiar, safe gifts from the countryside and given to children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Wrapping and cooking Chung cakes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival not only creates a bustling atmosphere for the traditional festival, but also further strengthens the spirit of solidarity of the homeland. Photo: Huy Thu

Wrapping Chung cakes to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Thanh Chuong district. Video: Huy Thu

The countryside is bustling with people wrapping Chung cakes to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival

Chung cake

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