Boston’s Chinatown Celebrates August Moon Festival | WBZ NewsRadio 1030

BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Although it was the solar shining down on Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood on Sunday, the moon was the topic of celebration for the August Moon Competition.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu spoke on the festivities, encouraging the general public to pay small companies in the neighborhood a go to, particularly with pandemic-related hardships contemporary on house owners’ minds.

“Go to lunch, get a pastry, get a bubble tea— these are the companies that work so exhausting and provides again a lot to our neighborhood,” Wu mentioned.

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Boston Metropolis Council President Ed Flynn was additionally in attendance.

The Moon Competition had loads for vacationers and residents to see and do, like watch dwell conventional performances, arts and crafts, go to avenue distributors, and chomp down on scrumptious lotus paste and egg-filled mooncakes. The Moon Competition, organized yearly by the Chinese language Consolidated Benevolent Affiliation of New England, has origins tracing again as early as 771 BCE, celebrating the annual harvest and household unity.

WBZ’s Matt Shearer (@MattWBZ) studies.