Singapore’s streets have been brilliant with colorful lanterns and lights typical of Mid-Autumn Festival, and Merlion is also changed its color. It is the ideal time for tourists to visit the beautiful island nation of Southeast Asia.
Mid-Autumn Festival is the traditional full moon festival of many nations in Northeast and Southeast Asia. You can celebrate this festival in Vietnam, or experience it in Singapore for many of the following interesting reasons.
Merlion changes its color
Not all events in Singapore are national, but Mid-Autumn Festival is probably one exception when the icon of Singapore’s tourism by Marina Bay, Merlion, is changed color by the national government.
Colored lights are projected from the left side of Merlion. The colors harmonize perfectly and form a new colorful and brilliant Merlion, which looks like a lantern on this festival.
The symbol of the island nation of Singapore is gorgeous with the colorful appearance on Mid-Autumn Festival.
Merlion is selected and considered as a symbol of the national tourism industry by Singapore’s government. It is a combination of fish body and lion head, representing the national aspiration towards the considerable development of an agricultural country encountering many difficulties in the first stage of the formation.
Brilliantly decorated streets
Mid-Autumn Festival originated from Northeast Asia (China), therefore, only Chinatown is brightly decorated with the theme of the full moon festival.
Singapore’s streets are decorated with numerous lights on Mid-Autumn Festival
From big roads to small alleys, all have been decorated with brilliant lights, lanterns, and images symbolizing this festival.
Also, the island nation has also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formation, tourists may easily see red and white (the flag colors) with the words ‘SG50’ throughout the country.
Extremely easy to enjoy Singapore’s cuisine
The cuisine is quite diverse, from China to India. Indian food is quite hard to eat. Only when you have already tried dishes of Malaysia or Indonesia, you feel normally.
Since Mid-Autumn Festival is the big event of the Chinese community in this island nation, some businessmen have established a dining area for those who do not know what to eat while traveling in Singapore. It is located on Smith Street (Smith St.), relatively close to MRT, and of course in Chinatown.
The price of food here is higher than the average level of Singapore. For example, a large serving of fried shrimp rice is priced 9 SGD (94,000 VND).
Purchase moon cakes and items related to Mid-Autumn Festival to your heart’s content
Also on these streets and in Chinatown, tourists can buy a lantern at a price of 3-4 SGD (50,000 to 60,000 VND), or try tasting the mooncakes made by the Chinese people in Singapore. The taste is slightly different from Vietnam’s.
A number of moon cakes are on display.
Unlike the moon cakes of Southern Vietnam, Singapore’s have tastier and not too sweet fillings
Vietnam citizens can enter Singapore without the visa as long as their passports are still valid for the next 6 months at least. After tourists fill in entry forms, Singapore’s immigration officials will review and stamp.
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