![]() ![]() The festival organizers encouraged people to support the vendors and the businesses in Chinatown during as a spike in robberies and vandalism has targeted the community.ĪsAmNews is incorporated in the state of California as Asian American Media, Inc, a non-profit with 501c3 status. The festival drew thousands of people out to celebrate. ![]() The winner received a goody bag of items that included tickets to the “We Are Bruce Lee” exhibit. They gave their best performance as “Bruce Lee.” The contestant that received the loudest applause from the audience was the winner. It called on all Bruce Lee fans to “embrace their inner Bruce Lee,” spirit to participate. Several contestants entered including one senior woman. This year, the festival included the inaugural “We Are Bruce Lee” costume contest, sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America. Through out the day, martial arts performances, lion dancing and cultural music were on the main stage. There were community organizations that shared important information on health and social services. Overtime, there are now many variations of mooncake fillings that may or may not include a salted egg yolk. Through-out most of the festival, Grant Avenue had many vendors that sold food and souvenirs. The moon cake is to be shared and eaten with friends and family. Traditionally, mooncakes are filled with a sweet filling of lotus seed or red bean paste and also includes a salted egg yolk that represents the moon. The mooncakes were a food offering to her by husband to honor her, which now symbolizes the moon festival. This caused Hou Yi’s wife to float to the sky and she made the moon her home. To stop the attempt she drank all of the elixir. Unfortunately, a thief attempted to steal the elixir while the emperor’s wife was at home. As a reward, he was given an elixir of immortality that he planned to share with his wife. The Emperor of Heaven, Hou Yi, who was a great archer, shot down nine suns to save their crops and the Earth from heat. There is a Chinese legend that the Earth had 10 suns, during which the Earth experienced extreme drought and heat. The festival traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The festival brought back joy, tourism and an economic boost this weekend. Six blocks of Grant Avenue were closed and the street was filled with crowds that came to celebrate the Chinese holiday that gives thanks for a good harvest, similar to Thanksgiving holiday. The festival would not be without vendors selling mooncakes, which is traditionally eaten during the moon festival.
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