It may still be the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts, but that isn’t stopping Chinatown from preparing to celebrate the Mid-autumn Festival! Chinatownboy from bullockcartwater reports:

While in the past, the streets of Chinatown, the part which is the focal point of shoppers – Gu Chia Chwee in Hokkien or Gnau Chei Shui in Cantonese or better known to the younger folks as Niu Che Shui 牛车水 – would be lined with paper lanterns of all shapes, colour and sizes, hanging from above, with the assortments of moon cakes laid on the tables as days got nearer towards the 15th of the 8th Lunar Month, these days, celebrations take on a grander scale.

Read more about how Chinatown is preparing for the Mid-autumn Festival.

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