Event Review丨Expats gain hands-on experience of making mooncakes
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The full moon is a sign of reunion. On the afternoon of September 17, 2021, expats gain hands-on experience of making mooncakes in Guangdong Province Technician College of Light Industry. About 20 foreign experts and their families from 12 countries and regions including Switzerland, the United States, Russia, Turkey, and Pakistan participated in this event. Under the guidance of the Cantonese chef, they made Cantonese-style mooncakes, tasted Cantonese flavors, and experienced traditional culture. The event was guided by the Information Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, and jointly hosted by the Human Resources and Social Security Department of Guangdong Province and the Nanfang Media Group. Supported by the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau , and Guangzhou Association of International Exchange of Personnel. Foreign experts got their training certificates of "Cantonese Chefs"Photo: GDToday On the same day, foreign experts and their families visited the "Cantonese Cuisine Academy" and learned that Guangdong has promoted the Cantonese chef training project since 2018. Through this project, it has helped urban and rural laborers to achieved skills and promoted thier employment, which has gradually become a new driving force for rural revitalization. Under the guidance of the Cantonese dim sum chefs, foreign experts made and tasted Cantonese mooncakes by themselves. They also got a deeper understanding of Guangdong mooncakes with different regional characteristics, such as Chao-style mooncakes and Wuchuan mooncakes. Foreign experts made mooncakes together with the Cantonese chef Photo: GDToday Foreign experts participated in the event and experience traditional Chinese culture in a relaxed and happy atmosphere, and the strong feeling of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion vision. Pianomaker Stephan Mohler from Switzerland, invited by the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and Guangzhou Association of International Exchange of Personnel, ever participated in the last year's "Home of Foreign Experts in Guangzhou" activity, said this was the second time for him to make mooncakes. He feels that the Cantonese cuisine chefs are particular about the techniques and ingredients of mooncake making, which is similar with piano producing, different in approach but equally satisfactory in outcome. AKIF ZEB from Pakistan is now a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering of the South China Normal University. ZEB was excited to make Cantonese-style mooncakes by himself and recorded a video of the event. He plans to post his video blog about the mooncake making event on Facebook and YouTube. Stephan Mohler from Switzerland makes a mooncake at the event. Photo: GDToday Experts in Guangzhou showed their hand made mooncakes, Experts form South China Normal University (the first and second from the right)Photo: GDToday On the day of the event, not only the foreign friends who participated in the event on the spot could feel the unique Lingnan Mid-Autumn Festival traditional culture, the event was also broadcasted live through domestic Chinese live broadcast platforms and overseas social media to promote the traditional Lingnan festival culture to all over the world. Consul General of Turkey in Guangzhou (the second from the right) and his wife (the second from the left) and expert from Switzerland(the fisrt from the right) presented their baked and packed hand made mooncakes Photo: GDToday
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