Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 2020

Mid-autumn Festival falls right in the midst of COVID pandemic.

The festivity is kind of muted during this period. Nevertheless, the light decorations still go on as per normal.

The light decorations in the previous years had been dogged with controversies - with derogatroy comments of "moon fairy being musculine", box shaped laterns resembling that of paper decors for the dead in funeral wakes etc.

This year, the moon fairy was felt to be too "rounded" (as if she was pregnant). And the Chinese captions extolling the festivity was kind of "strange". 

Went there at around 9.30pm (on Sunday). The crowd had dwindled somewhat. The many stalls that lined the street in previous years were no more / shuttled closed, no thanks to the COVID pandemic.

 Strolled around the streets of Chinatown, taking some snapshots. 

Family gathering during Mid-autumn festival

The "rounded" moon-fairy

Personally, I am not particularly disturbed - I feel it is just the way how the cartoon characters were designed.

The light decors in the main street. Nothing to shout about... just the usual decors.

Some of the words used in depicting the festivity were felt to be out of place... The more controversial phrases have been removed. Some of the remaining captions still sounded strange though.

The vibrant colours of the lantern figurine caught my attention as I strolled the streets of Chinatown.

Replica of facade of shop houses in the old days