Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Mid-Autumn Festival Part Deux

Many Beijingers had the day off on Monday for the Mid-Autumn Festival.  In addition to eating dozens of moon cakes, Muir and I noticed that the holiday was observed in several other peculiar ways:  our favorite juice bar switched its bubble tea from iced to hot, Muir's office turned off their air-conditioning, and all the local real estate agents added blazers to their uniforms.  It was such a funny monolithic shift.  Of course it comes as no surprise considering that China is also the largest country with only one time zone.  It just seems like such a quintessentially Chinese thing to do.  Anyway, happy Mid-Autumn Festival.  Don't forget to wear your jacket.

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