It doesn’t get any more Chinese than this: For the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 on September 17, the pandas at Chongqing Zoo were served mooncakes. It was also practically Christmas for the animals in other panda enclosures throughout the country. The bears at the zoo in Sichuan Panda Province were served a feast of mooncakes made from steamed cornbread, fruit plates and bamboo shoot cakes – „carefully selected and prepared by experts and animal keepers, taking into account their age, personality, health and eating habits,“ as the state media reported. Panda fans were able to watch the feast via livestream and offer their blessings to the popular black and white animals.