Quezon City holds first Mooncake Festival with giant mooncake and lantern parade

Quezon City recently hosted its first Mooncake Festival, a celebration of Chinese culture and traditions, in the city's Chinatown District in Banawe.

The event was organized by the Quezon City Tourism Department in partnership with the QC Association of Filipino Businessmen Inc.

Festival highlights included a massive 39-inch, 100-kilogram mooncake, a mooncake dice game, a lantern parade, and live performances.

Organizers hope the giant mooncake will set a record as the biggest mooncake display in the Philippines.

The event also aimed to set a record for the largest free community-based Traditional Dice Game in the country.

A Mooncake Bazaar offered traditional Chinese-Filipino delicacies and products, alongside interactive attractions like a wishing tree and calligraphy station.

The Mooncake Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a global Chinese tradition celebrating family, gratitude, peace, and prosperity.