By Vincenzo Burdi
Rendering interior and exterior views is becoming very popular among students in the architecture program. Who can blame us? With new programs spawning every year like 3ds Max, VIZ, SketchUp, Podium, Kerkythea, Rhino, Mudbox, Maya, form-Z, SolidWorks, VRay, etc it is hard to avoid. These programs are generating realistic renderings that give viewers a real sense of what the space will feel and ultimately look like. However, there is something that troubles me about rendering in the work place; the fact that students are becoming too concerned with creating an image. They may forget to focus on what really gets buildings constructed. Rendering time depends on the complexity of the model but some models can take up to 30+ hours to generate. This does not seem like something that would carry on to the work place.
My main concern with rendering is that it takes too much time to create an image. I'm not suggesting that renderings are useless, but I think we need to consider how they can be utilized in the work place. If a rendering can be done in a short amount of time and still look good, it may have a place in the work environment. We should acknowledge though that it is still a pretty picture and a future client of yours will want a building. Architects in training need to remember this and continue to learn everything ArChiTeCtUrE has to offer.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Columbia, MO
By Micah A Jacobson
I was born in the Memorial Baptist Hospital in Town and Country, Missouri (suburb of Saint Louis). We relocated to Columbia, Missouri when I was three. I have always lived in Columbia except for the short time away after high school. I graduated from the same high school as my mother. I also graduated from the University of Missouri, founded in 1839. It was the first public institution of education west of the Mississippi.
Columbia has about 100,000 people, plus the students from several schools in the city. The three major schools are the University of Missouri, Stephens College (where my mother graduated from) and Columbia College (where my wife graduated from). Stephens College is a private school that was formerly an all-girls school. Columbia College, started in Columbia, has campuses all over the country and is very expansive online college.
Faurot Field is the home of the Tigers football team. Like Carbondale, the university’s sports team is a central theme to many restaurants, stores, bars and parks. During a football game, Providence and Stadium, two of the major streets in Columbia, are almost in passable.
There are many local restaurants worth mentioning, one in particular is Shakespeare’s Pizza. If you are ever in Columbia make sure you eat at Shakespeare’s. They now have two locations, one near the mall and the other is the original downtown location. My wife and would go there at least once or twice or month, if not every week. Another local favorite is Sub Shop. Sub Shop makes the best hot subs you will ever eat. My wife and I like the ham and swiss with mayo. My mom and sister like the veggie, add bacon (weird right).
Columbia is big enough to have plenty to do without being to large of a city, though there have been many new expansions in the recent years. I have enjoyed living there and hope to return someday. It is a great city to raise a family. It is located directly in between Kansas City and Saint Louis on I-70.
In the pictures: 1-Jesse Hall. This is the academic hall seen here behind the columns of the original academic hall that burned down at MU. 2-Firestone Baars Chapel. Chapel at Stephens College designed by Eero Saarinen, who also designed the Saint Louis Arch. 3-The one and only Shakespeare’s Pizza-YUMM
References:
Jesse Hall:
http://korystubblefield.com/FullSize/MissouriColumns1.htm
Firestone Baars Chapel:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/welchwrite/809035515/
Shakespeare’s Pizza:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/10thavenue/tags/shakespearespizza/
I was born in the Memorial Baptist Hospital in Town and Country, Missouri (suburb of Saint Louis). We relocated to Columbia, Missouri when I was three. I have always lived in Columbia except for the short time away after high school. I graduated from the same high school as my mother. I also graduated from the University of Missouri, founded in 1839. It was the first public institution of education west of the Mississippi.
Columbia has about 100,000 people, plus the students from several schools in the city. The three major schools are the University of Missouri, Stephens College (where my mother graduated from) and Columbia College (where my wife graduated from). Stephens College is a private school that was formerly an all-girls school. Columbia College, started in Columbia, has campuses all over the country and is very expansive online college.
Faurot Field is the home of the Tigers football team. Like Carbondale, the university’s sports team is a central theme to many restaurants, stores, bars and parks. During a football game, Providence and Stadium, two of the major streets in Columbia, are almost in passable.
There are many local restaurants worth mentioning, one in particular is Shakespeare’s Pizza. If you are ever in Columbia make sure you eat at Shakespeare’s. They now have two locations, one near the mall and the other is the original downtown location. My wife and would go there at least once or twice or month, if not every week. Another local favorite is Sub Shop. Sub Shop makes the best hot subs you will ever eat. My wife and I like the ham and swiss with mayo. My mom and sister like the veggie, add bacon (weird right).
Columbia is big enough to have plenty to do without being to large of a city, though there have been many new expansions in the recent years. I have enjoyed living there and hope to return someday. It is a great city to raise a family. It is located directly in between Kansas City and Saint Louis on I-70.
In the pictures: 1-Jesse Hall. This is the academic hall seen here behind the columns of the original academic hall that burned down at MU. 2-Firestone Baars Chapel. Chapel at Stephens College designed by Eero Saarinen, who also designed the Saint Louis Arch. 3-The one and only Shakespeare’s Pizza-YUMM
References:
Jesse Hall:
http://korystubblefield.com/FullSize/MissouriColumns1.htm
Firestone Baars Chapel:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/welchwrite/809035515/
Shakespeare’s Pizza:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/10thavenue/tags/shakespearespizza/
Friday, October 8, 2010
American and European Health Care Facility Systems and Analysis
By Tara D. Loughman
The ideas and thoughts for my thesis begin within the medical facilities throughout the United States and European countries. We all live similar lives but live in two completely different regions of the world, with different beliefs and perspectives on how things are done. The thesis communicates the two views of the American and European facilities through many different issues and cases. It reviews issues of sustainability, building development and design, the functionality of the design and its region, along with the environmental aspects they face. Within those environmental features, this research extends the study towards the specific regional area and looks at the social and behavioral issues and how they impact that region and their daily living.
By comparing and contrasting the two health care systems it will convey how the actual structures are being utilized and provide analysis for its specific regional criteria. Matching up sustainability and the environmental issues, the issues can express the effects on the region and its population. These ideas will be incorporated to show the current effects on architecture and design vs. what an ideal design would be, socially and economically. The methods of research will be conducted in the most organized form with the help from my committee. I plan to use case studies and regional data that provides needs and wants for specific areas in the U.S. and Europe. Research from notable books to current articles via the Internet and multiple site visits will provide another source for analysis.
Within the findings, the research will show the dramatic differences between each topic and combine them into a strong thesis. All of the issues and topics researched for the medical facilities, in both the United State and Europe, will be noted and evaluated in its purpose and design. Taken in account for the results will leave a remarkable argument for ones opinion that will allow them to be intrigued for more, along with the passion to help make these medical amenities their very best.
Medical facilities, as a whole, and or divided into certain issues, leave a lot of room open for discussion. All of the thoughts on the topic are not to be to general but are to cover an interesting look into how health care and its facilities are being used and in different parts of the world. Many people practice a wide range of beliefs that have effects on how things are done socially. These practices take on many effects throughout the region and its public health care. Whether the two countries share the same ideas or not, the outcome will always be different according to the specific issues discussed and analyzed in my dissertation.
Picture: http://www.amazon.com/Assisted-Living-Housing-Elderly-Design-Innovations/dp/0442007027
The ideas and thoughts for my thesis begin within the medical facilities throughout the United States and European countries. We all live similar lives but live in two completely different regions of the world, with different beliefs and perspectives on how things are done. The thesis communicates the two views of the American and European facilities through many different issues and cases. It reviews issues of sustainability, building development and design, the functionality of the design and its region, along with the environmental aspects they face. Within those environmental features, this research extends the study towards the specific regional area and looks at the social and behavioral issues and how they impact that region and their daily living.
By comparing and contrasting the two health care systems it will convey how the actual structures are being utilized and provide analysis for its specific regional criteria. Matching up sustainability and the environmental issues, the issues can express the effects on the region and its population. These ideas will be incorporated to show the current effects on architecture and design vs. what an ideal design would be, socially and economically. The methods of research will be conducted in the most organized form with the help from my committee. I plan to use case studies and regional data that provides needs and wants for specific areas in the U.S. and Europe. Research from notable books to current articles via the Internet and multiple site visits will provide another source for analysis.
Within the findings, the research will show the dramatic differences between each topic and combine them into a strong thesis. All of the issues and topics researched for the medical facilities, in both the United State and Europe, will be noted and evaluated in its purpose and design. Taken in account for the results will leave a remarkable argument for ones opinion that will allow them to be intrigued for more, along with the passion to help make these medical amenities their very best.
Medical facilities, as a whole, and or divided into certain issues, leave a lot of room open for discussion. All of the thoughts on the topic are not to be to general but are to cover an interesting look into how health care and its facilities are being used and in different parts of the world. Many people practice a wide range of beliefs that have effects on how things are done socially. These practices take on many effects throughout the region and its public health care. Whether the two countries share the same ideas or not, the outcome will always be different according to the specific issues discussed and analyzed in my dissertation.
Picture: http://www.amazon.com/Assisted-Living-Housing-Elderly-Design-Innovations/dp/0442007027
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Taipei World Financial Center
By Kang-Hsin Fan
Taipei 101, the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan. The building is a Neo-Regionalist Modern style design. The building type is made up of a commercial office tower, skyscraper, and shopping center. According to the Skyscraper Poster (2003), Taipei 101, ground to highest architectural spire- 1,671 ft. It became the world’s tallest building in October, 2003, when the final section of the spire was put into place. The world's finest resource for skyscraper and urbanism enthusiasts, Taipei 101 was the first building in the world to break the half-kilometer mark in height and the first record-setting skyscraper constructed in the new millennium. The building was the world's tallest skyscraper, until it was surpassed in height by the Burj Khalifa on July 21, 2007. According to Taipei Financial Center Corporation (2009), “Taipei 101, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed primarily by KTRT Joint Venture and numerous subcontractors including Samsung C&T received the 2004 Emporis Skyscraper Award and was hailed as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World (Newsweek magazine, 2006) and Seven Wonders of Engineering (Discovery Channel, 2005). Architect C. Y. Lee was born in 1938 in Guangdong, China and arrived in Taiwan with his parents in 1949”. Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. Binder (2008) explained that the name of the tower reflects its floor count and carries symbolic meanings alluding to technology and Asian tradition (p.23). “It is postmodernist approach to style incorporates traditional design elements and gives them modern treatments” (p.35). The tower is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes in the Asia-pacific areas. They suspended a tuned mass damper from the 92nd to 88th floor. Binder (2008) also noted a Tuned mass damper, also known as an active mass damper (AMD) or harmonic absorber, is a device mounted in structures to prevent discomfort and damage (p.45). There is also a multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses with hundreds of fashionable stores, restaurants and clubs.
References:
Binder G. (2008), Taipei 101,The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd.
Benson M. (2009), The Building of the Taipei 101 Skyscraper, Retrieved April, 05, 2010 from http://www.propertycommunity.com/emerging-property-markets/230-the-building-of-the-taipei-101-skyscraper.html
Taipei 101, the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan. The building is a Neo-Regionalist Modern style design. The building type is made up of a commercial office tower, skyscraper, and shopping center. According to the Skyscraper Poster (2003), Taipei 101, ground to highest architectural spire- 1,671 ft. It became the world’s tallest building in October, 2003, when the final section of the spire was put into place. The world's finest resource for skyscraper and urbanism enthusiasts, Taipei 101 was the first building in the world to break the half-kilometer mark in height and the first record-setting skyscraper constructed in the new millennium. The building was the world's tallest skyscraper, until it was surpassed in height by the Burj Khalifa on July 21, 2007. According to Taipei Financial Center Corporation (2009), “Taipei 101, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed primarily by KTRT Joint Venture and numerous subcontractors including Samsung C&T received the 2004 Emporis Skyscraper Award and was hailed as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World (Newsweek magazine, 2006) and Seven Wonders of Engineering (Discovery Channel, 2005). Architect C. Y. Lee was born in 1938 in Guangdong, China and arrived in Taiwan with his parents in 1949”. Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. Binder (2008) explained that the name of the tower reflects its floor count and carries symbolic meanings alluding to technology and Asian tradition (p.23). “It is postmodernist approach to style incorporates traditional design elements and gives them modern treatments” (p.35). The tower is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes in the Asia-pacific areas. They suspended a tuned mass damper from the 92nd to 88th floor. Binder (2008) also noted a Tuned mass damper, also known as an active mass damper (AMD) or harmonic absorber, is a device mounted in structures to prevent discomfort and damage (p.45). There is also a multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses with hundreds of fashionable stores, restaurants and clubs.
References:
Binder G. (2008), Taipei 101,The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd.
Benson M. (2009), The Building of the Taipei 101 Skyscraper, Retrieved April, 05, 2010 from http://www.propertycommunity.com/emerging-property-markets/230-the-building-of-the-taipei-101-skyscraper.html
Design Statement
By Russ Baker
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Since early childhood, I have enjoyed creatively visualizing, designing, and constructing things from scratch. As a high school student, I quickly discovered that I had passion for analyzing and solving problems. The combination of my passions and abilities later became an internal struggle to decide between pursuing a career in architecture or one in engineering, as I have learned that I enjoy both equally.
Influenced by my proficiency in math and by my desire to learn how things work, I decided to change my major from Architectural Studies to Industrial Engineering. After successfully completing Eastern Illinois University’s (EIU) Engineering Transfer program in May of 2001, I again toggled majors several times between architecture and engineering. I earned an Associate Degree in Arts and Science at Illinois Central College (ICC) in December of 2005. Finally realizing that I really wanted to design buildings (the sum of many parts) instead of just individual “parts,” I decided to pursue my goal of becoming an architect. I then transferred into Southern Illinois University’s (SIU) Undergraduate Architecture Program in the fall of 2006 where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies in May 2010 with a minor in Plant and Soil Science concentrating on Landscape Design. Design Projects for my landscape design courses ranged from landscaping of a very large, new, local residence to re-designing a local golf course, to actually constructing patio areas here on SIU campus. These landscape design courses closely paralleled my architectural studies as my professors went out of their way to help me in any way they could. I was able to return the favors using my software knowledge to assist my professors with some of their digital issues.
Currently seeking a Master of Architecture degree at SIU, I have especially enjoyed my studies at SIU and am very happy with my decision to pursue architecture instead of a career in engineering. I’ve earned several credit hours at SIU through the Travel Abroad program visiting Europe for a month in the summer of 2007 and Egypt for a week in 2008, both with the Architecture Department of SIU. Furthermore, with the SIU School of Architecture, I have traveled to Montreal, Los Angeles, and several other U.S. states to see many prominent works of renowned architects, such as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water. These trips were an excellent opportunity to experience firsthand some of the many different cultures and architectural styles the world has to offer.
Professional design experience through the Intern Development Program, including attending seminars and product lectures, providing community service, and interning at a firm, is my next order of business as the end of the line of my academic career quickly approaches. I intend to always and continually better myself by securing a position in the architectural field to not only provide for a family, but also to utilize my engineering, architectural, and landscape design skills effectively benefit and aid my employer and clientele.
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Since early childhood, I have enjoyed creatively visualizing, designing, and constructing things from scratch. As a high school student, I quickly discovered that I had passion for analyzing and solving problems. The combination of my passions and abilities later became an internal struggle to decide between pursuing a career in architecture or one in engineering, as I have learned that I enjoy both equally.
Influenced by my proficiency in math and by my desire to learn how things work, I decided to change my major from Architectural Studies to Industrial Engineering. After successfully completing Eastern Illinois University’s (EIU) Engineering Transfer program in May of 2001, I again toggled majors several times between architecture and engineering. I earned an Associate Degree in Arts and Science at Illinois Central College (ICC) in December of 2005. Finally realizing that I really wanted to design buildings (the sum of many parts) instead of just individual “parts,” I decided to pursue my goal of becoming an architect. I then transferred into Southern Illinois University’s (SIU) Undergraduate Architecture Program in the fall of 2006 where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies in May 2010 with a minor in Plant and Soil Science concentrating on Landscape Design. Design Projects for my landscape design courses ranged from landscaping of a very large, new, local residence to re-designing a local golf course, to actually constructing patio areas here on SIU campus. These landscape design courses closely paralleled my architectural studies as my professors went out of their way to help me in any way they could. I was able to return the favors using my software knowledge to assist my professors with some of their digital issues.
Currently seeking a Master of Architecture degree at SIU, I have especially enjoyed my studies at SIU and am very happy with my decision to pursue architecture instead of a career in engineering. I’ve earned several credit hours at SIU through the Travel Abroad program visiting Europe for a month in the summer of 2007 and Egypt for a week in 2008, both with the Architecture Department of SIU. Furthermore, with the SIU School of Architecture, I have traveled to Montreal, Los Angeles, and several other U.S. states to see many prominent works of renowned architects, such as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water. These trips were an excellent opportunity to experience firsthand some of the many different cultures and architectural styles the world has to offer.
Professional design experience through the Intern Development Program, including attending seminars and product lectures, providing community service, and interning at a firm, is my next order of business as the end of the line of my academic career quickly approaches. I intend to always and continually better myself by securing a position in the architectural field to not only provide for a family, but also to utilize my engineering, architectural, and landscape design skills effectively benefit and aid my employer and clientele.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
LADY GAGA. MASKED.
BY TARA LOUGHMAN
FOR THE FIRST PART OF OUR FALL GRADUATE STUDIO, WE WERE TO COMPLETE A PROJECT FOR “THE HOUSE OF…”. THIS WAS A COMPETITION AS WELL AS A CONCEPTUAL PROCESS TOWARDS A PROJECT. THE ARTIST THAT HAD BEEN CHOSEN WAS LADY GAGA. THIS WAS PROJECT FACED MANY CHALLENGES, A LOT OF WHICH SHE GOES THROUGH DAILY. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT MY IDEA’S AND THOUGHTS WERE FOR LADY GAGA.
GAGA: MARKETING TACTIC OR SELF IMPRISONMENT? WHO KNOWS? I DON’T EVEN THINK GAGA HERSELF KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. LADY GAGA USES MASKS, FASHION, AND SEX TO SELL, MARKET, AND HIDE HERSELF. I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A “HOUSE” FOR HER THAT “MASKS” HER HOME. IT MASKS WHO SHE REALLY IS AND GIVES HERSELF THE SELF IMPRISONMENT SHE
STRIVES FOR. AS A WHOLE, GAGA IS A NORMAL PERSON, JUST LIKE YOU AND I. THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WILL REFLECT THAT; IT’S THE OUTSIDE “SKIN” THAT WILL REPRESENT LADY GAGA AS AN ARTIST. WHEN THINKING OF GAGA, YOU THINK DRAMATIC, SEXY, AWKWARD, ALL WORDS REPRESENTING THE ENVELOPE. WHEN CONCEPTUALLY THINKING, I LOOKED AT A FUNHOUSE MIRROR, THE ONE YOU LOOK INTO THAT REFLECTS A DIFFERENT IMAGE BACK.
THIS IS HOW I PERCEIVE LADY GAGA SEEING HERSELF. ITS LIKE A REFECTION IN THE WATER. I BELIEVE SHE FEELS A BIT OF SELF IMPRISONMENT. WHEN I LOOK AT IT IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK OF THE OLD ROMAN RUINS WITH METAL BARS AND GREEN FOLIAGE GROWING EVERYWHERE. AS A SITE, I WANTED SOMETHING TO HAVE BOTH THE WATER AND THE RUINS, ALONG WITH THE FOLIAGE. MONET'S HOME CAME TO MY ATTENTION AND IT JUST CLICKED. IT REPRESENTS AN AREA, FULL OF LIFE AND COLOR, WHICH IS ALSO GAGA. THIS IS ALSO WHERE THE WATER COMES BACK INTO EFFECT. I WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR HER AND HAVE THE ACTUAL BUILDING COME OUT OF THE WATER WITH THE MOSS AND VINES GROWING THROUGHOUT. WHILE THE “HOUSE” MAY BE SEXY AND INTENSE TO SOME, IT ALSO PROJECTS AN AWKWARD LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE AND ITS LOCATION.
FOR LADY GAGA, THIS MAKES THE PERFECT MASK THAT SHE HIDES BEHIND WHILE ALSO GIVING A REFLECTION INTO THE WATER WITH A MURKY RIPPLED EFFECT.
FOR THE FIRST PART OF OUR FALL GRADUATE STUDIO, WE WERE TO COMPLETE A PROJECT FOR “THE HOUSE OF…”. THIS WAS A COMPETITION AS WELL AS A CONCEPTUAL PROCESS TOWARDS A PROJECT. THE ARTIST THAT HAD BEEN CHOSEN WAS LADY GAGA. THIS WAS PROJECT FACED MANY CHALLENGES, A LOT OF WHICH SHE GOES THROUGH DAILY. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT MY IDEA’S AND THOUGHTS WERE FOR LADY GAGA.
GAGA: MARKETING TACTIC OR SELF IMPRISONMENT? WHO KNOWS? I DON’T EVEN THINK GAGA HERSELF KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. LADY GAGA USES MASKS, FASHION, AND SEX TO SELL, MARKET, AND HIDE HERSELF. I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A “HOUSE” FOR HER THAT “MASKS” HER HOME. IT MASKS WHO SHE REALLY IS AND GIVES HERSELF THE SELF IMPRISONMENT SHE
STRIVES FOR. AS A WHOLE, GAGA IS A NORMAL PERSON, JUST LIKE YOU AND I. THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WILL REFLECT THAT; IT’S THE OUTSIDE “SKIN” THAT WILL REPRESENT LADY GAGA AS AN ARTIST. WHEN THINKING OF GAGA, YOU THINK DRAMATIC, SEXY, AWKWARD, ALL WORDS REPRESENTING THE ENVELOPE. WHEN CONCEPTUALLY THINKING, I LOOKED AT A FUNHOUSE MIRROR, THE ONE YOU LOOK INTO THAT REFLECTS A DIFFERENT IMAGE BACK.
THIS IS HOW I PERCEIVE LADY GAGA SEEING HERSELF. ITS LIKE A REFECTION IN THE WATER. I BELIEVE SHE FEELS A BIT OF SELF IMPRISONMENT. WHEN I LOOK AT IT IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK OF THE OLD ROMAN RUINS WITH METAL BARS AND GREEN FOLIAGE GROWING EVERYWHERE. AS A SITE, I WANTED SOMETHING TO HAVE BOTH THE WATER AND THE RUINS, ALONG WITH THE FOLIAGE. MONET'S HOME CAME TO MY ATTENTION AND IT JUST CLICKED. IT REPRESENTS AN AREA, FULL OF LIFE AND COLOR, WHICH IS ALSO GAGA. THIS IS ALSO WHERE THE WATER COMES BACK INTO EFFECT. I WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR HER AND HAVE THE ACTUAL BUILDING COME OUT OF THE WATER WITH THE MOSS AND VINES GROWING THROUGHOUT. WHILE THE “HOUSE” MAY BE SEXY AND INTENSE TO SOME, IT ALSO PROJECTS AN AWKWARD LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE AND ITS LOCATION.
FOR LADY GAGA, THIS MAKES THE PERFECT MASK THAT SHE HIDES BEHIND WHILE ALSO GIVING A REFLECTION INTO THE WATER WITH A MURKY RIPPLED EFFECT.
Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiwan 2010
By Kang-Hsin Fan
This moon festival, in the middle of the eighth lunar Chinese month when
the moon is at its full glory, is one of the three important legal holidays in the Chinese calendar. The night is a reunion day to meet families, to admire the graceful moon, and to eat delicious moon cakes. Eating various delicious pomeloes and moon cakes are a part of the activities and the taste of the BBQ is a popular phenomenon.
What is a moon cake? It’s very rich pastry with an egg yolk inside. Traditionally, farmers celebrate the end of summer harvesting season on this date. Family members and friends will gather together to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, eat moon cakes, and pomeloes. Nowadays, there are additional cultural customs, including BBQ outside under the moon, putting pomelo rides on one’s head, and planting mid-autumn trees.
This festival is also Taiwan’s Ghost Festival. People are believed that the
gate of the underworld fly open on the first day of the Ghost Festival. The living
do their best to deal with the situation, including burning paper money to keep
them happy, being loud to prevent them from pursuing any unpleasant business.
Reference: http://ngokhong.1.forumer.com/index.php?s=b6c327a0dabb262a78b8017fa27eef16&showtopic=242&st=0&#entry2232
This moon festival, in the middle of the eighth lunar Chinese month when
the moon is at its full glory, is one of the three important legal holidays in the Chinese calendar. The night is a reunion day to meet families, to admire the graceful moon, and to eat delicious moon cakes. Eating various delicious pomeloes and moon cakes are a part of the activities and the taste of the BBQ is a popular phenomenon.
What is a moon cake? It’s very rich pastry with an egg yolk inside. Traditionally, farmers celebrate the end of summer harvesting season on this date. Family members and friends will gather together to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, eat moon cakes, and pomeloes. Nowadays, there are additional cultural customs, including BBQ outside under the moon, putting pomelo rides on one’s head, and planting mid-autumn trees.
This festival is also Taiwan’s Ghost Festival. People are believed that the
gate of the underworld fly open on the first day of the Ghost Festival. The living
do their best to deal with the situation, including burning paper money to keep
them happy, being loud to prevent them from pursuing any unpleasant business.
Reference: http://ngokhong.1.forumer.com/index.php?s=b6c327a0dabb262a78b8017fa27eef16&showtopic=242&st=0&#entry2232
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