By: Jonathan Or, Alex Kong, Jerrold Lee and Kevin Law

Moon cakes.The Mid-Autumn Festival is associated with passing on messages through inserting a note in moon cakes. For generations, moon cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans, lotus- seed paste or Chinese dates wrapped in a pastry. Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of the dessert.

History There are many versions of the moon cake festival. Legend says that long, long ago, ten suns arose from the east. This wreaked havoc on the earth. The heat was simply unbearable. The Jade Emperor, father of these blazing suns, sent a man named Hon Yi, to persuade the suns to leave as they should. However, they stubbornly refused and Hou Yi, viewing the dire state of the earth shot all of them down except one with his bow and arrow. Most versions of the legend of the mooncake festival diverge at this point.

Easter is the festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, celebrated by the Christians first. This festival is celebrated in April. Many countries celebrate Easter with sweets and other food. Eggs are a symbol of new life. They are hard- boiled and dyed. Chocolate candies are also bought. Cakes and breads are beautifully decorated.

The Easter eggs are placed in secret places for people to search. It is fun. The eggs have attractive patterns on the surface. People enjoy the designs and they eat them afterwards. They should be boiled so they are hot enough to eat.

The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first. The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. So that the fish can eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.