Jack's avatar
Jack

Oct. 1, 2020

0
Mid autumn festival

When I was a teenager in the early eighties, China was still developing and life in the countryside was still tough. According to Chinese traditional customs, people should eat moon cakes at the mid autumn festival. There certainly were moon cakes in grocery stores, but farmers rarely bought them because of poverty. Before every mid autumn festival came, each family began to make moon cakes by themselves. In fact, they were easy to make at home because there was a moon cake mould. First of all, you need to prepare some flour, rock sugar, various kernels (to which, oil was added), then make a cake with the stuffing inside and put it in the cake mould. Afterwards, just bake it. As I can remember, this kind of homemade moon cake didn't taste good, it did not even taste as good as steamed bread. However, those hard days have passed. Now you can buy various moon cakes with multiple flavors in every supermarket. What's more, you can afford them. But the interesting thing is that people rarely eat them as they did in the past and moon cakes have already become an icon of the holiday. That is all for today and best wishes to you all and hope you all have a nice mid autumn festival.

Corrections

Mid a-Autumn fFestival

When I was a teenager in the early eighties, China was still developing and life in the countryside was still tough.

According to Chinese traditional Chinese customs, people should eat moon cakes at the mMid a-Autumn fFestival.

The original was fine, but this sounds better to me. We are describing a particular subset of Chinese customs (traditional ones), not a subset of some global "traditional customs" (Chinese ones). So "Chinese" rather than "traditional" should be closer to the noun.

There certainly were moon cakes in grocery stores, but farmers rarely bought them because of poverty.

Before every mMid a-Autumn fFestival came, each family began to make moon cakes by themselves.

In fact, they were easy to make at home because there was a moon cake mould.

First of all, you need to prepare some flour, rock sugar, various kernels (to which, oil was added), then make a cake with the stuffing inside and put it in the cake mould.

In this sense, "kernel" is usually qualified with something (i.e. we know what type of plant the kernel comes from).

As I can remember, this kind of homemade moon cake didn't taste good, it did not even taste as good as steamed breauns tasted.

"Steamed bread" is fine, but "buns" are typically used to describe what you probably have in mind.

However, those hard days have passed.

Now you can buy various moon cakes within multiple flavors inat every supermarket.

What's more, you can afford them.

But the interesting thing is that people rarely eat them as they did in the past, and moon cakes have already become an icon of the holiday.

That is all for today and b. Best wishes to you all and hope you all have a nice mMid a-Autumn fFestival.

Feedback

中秋節快樂!

Jack's avatar
Jack

Oct. 1, 2020

0

Thank you for your corrections and detailed explanations. Thank you so much.

However, those hard days have passed.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Mid autumn festival


Mid a-Autumn fFestival

When I was a teenager in the early eighties, China was still developing and life in the countryside was still tough.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

According to Chinese traditional customs, people should eat moon cakes at the mid autumn festival.


According to Chinese traditional Chinese customs, people should eat moon cakes at the mMid a-Autumn fFestival.

The original was fine, but this sounds better to me. We are describing a particular subset of Chinese customs (traditional ones), not a subset of some global "traditional customs" (Chinese ones). So "Chinese" rather than "traditional" should be closer to the noun.

There certainly were moon cakes in grocery stores, but farmers rarely bought them because of poverty.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Before every mid autumn festival came, each family began to make moon cakes by themselves.


Before every mMid a-Autumn fFestival came, each family began to make moon cakes by themselves.

In fact, they were easy to make at home because there was a moon cake mould.


In fact, they were easy to make at home because there was a moon cake mould.

First of all, you need to prepare some flour, rock sugar, various kernels (to which, oil was added), then make a cake with the stuffing inside and put it in the cake mould.


First of all, you need to prepare some flour, rock sugar, various kernels (to which, oil was added), then make a cake with the stuffing inside and put it in the cake mould.

In this sense, "kernel" is usually qualified with something (i.e. we know what type of plant the kernel comes from).

Afterwards, just bake it.


As I can remember, this kind of homemade moon cake didn't taste good, it did not even taste as good as steamed bread.


As I can remember, this kind of homemade moon cake didn't taste good, it did not even taste as good as steamed breauns tasted.

"Steamed bread" is fine, but "buns" are typically used to describe what you probably have in mind.

Now you can buy various moon cakes with multiple flavors in every supermarket.


Now you can buy various moon cakes within multiple flavors inat every supermarket.

What's more, you can afford them.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

But the interesting thing is that people rarely eat them as they did in the past and moon cakes have already become an icon of the holiday.


But the interesting thing is that people rarely eat them as they did in the past, and moon cakes have already become an icon of the holiday.

That is all for today and best wishes to you all and hope you all have a nice mid autumn festival.


That is all for today and b. Best wishes to you all and hope you all have a nice mMid a-Autumn fFestival.

You need LangCorrect Premium to access this feature.

Go Premium