The Mid-Autumn Festival Dice Game for Mooncakes(Bo-Bing)
Updated：2022-11-28
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For details, please contact the Event Organizer.
Event Date 2022-08-11~2022-09-10
The Mid-Autumn Festival Dice Game for Mooncakes, commonly known as "Bo-Bing," is carried out by rolling dices. It is a unique folk cultural activity in the Minnan region. Legend has it that Hong Xu, a Kinmen-born general serving under Zheng Chenggong, invented the game for the officers and soldiers staying behind in Xiamen to play on Mid-Autumn Festival to calm them of their homesickness when Zheng Chenggong led the attack on Jinling. The game has spread in Xiamen,Quanzhou, and Kinmen and has become a folk entertainment for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Bo-Bing has been around for more than 300 years now. During the military rule period in Kinmen, it disappeared for a while. In order to pass down folk customs and develop tourism, the Mid-Autumn Festival Dice Game for Mooncakes event is now held every year. The event was chosen to be included in the Taiwan Tourism Calendar in 2012 as an international tourism event!
Location: the entire Kinmen Island
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