As usual the occasion was marked by gifts of stodgy pastries known as mooncakes, often containing a solid yolk representing that day's full moon.

在这个重大的节日里照常以送月饼——这种填馅的糕饼作为礼物。月饼常常以蛋黄做馅代表中秋的满月。

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Mr Duncan starts with a Stone Age astronomer who observed the phases of the moon, and marked them by carving notches on an eagle's bone.

ECONOMIST: Late for the date