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Top 10 Mid-Autumn Festival foods in China

2013-09-18 13:20:39

(China.org.cn)

 

Pear

Top 5: Pear

In Mandarin, "pear" is homophonous with "separate," both pronounced as "li." For this reason, eating a pear during Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes the people's wish to avoid separation and implies their desire for reunion.

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