Let's enjoy mooncake as a token of good will

Mooncakes are symbolic, their round shape resembling a full moon, epitomizing the wish for the reunion of loved ones. And so is the convention of sending such cakes to relatives or good friends immediately before the Mid-Autumn Festival that falls on the fifth day of August on the Chinese lunar calendar.

Many people my age, who have gone through the good old days of the 1960s and 1970s, cherish good memories of this festival.

Financially strained as most families were at the time, many would bake cakes of their own and of course receive cakes made by bakeries as gifts from relatives or friends. To some extent, the occasion provided an opportunity for family members to enjoy the good food they did not usually have.