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They are a big part of the event and, according to customs, the more egg yolks you find inside one, the more fortunate you...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eChinese bakeries are at their busiest preparing traditional \"mooncakes\" to celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival. \u003cbr/\u003eThey are a big part of the event and, according to customs, the more egg yolks you find inside one, the more fortunate you will be.\u003cbr/\u003eTraditionally held on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the Autumn Moon Festival is the biggest Chinese festival after New Year.\u003cbr/\u003eCelebration events have already got underway in America, including here in San Francisco. \u003cbr/\u003e\"This is time to celebrate and enjoy the fruit of your labour,\" says US Senator Leland Yee. \u003cbr/\u003eThe ancient Chinese observed that the movement of the moon had a close relationship with changes of the seasons and agricultural production.\u003cbr/\u003eTo express their thanks to the moon and celebrate the harvest, they offered a sacrifice to the moon on autumn days.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe mooncake has become the modern day sacrifice, people make an offering of them and eat them in celebration.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the past, they have taken up to four weeks to make - now automation has speeded up the process considerably.\u003cbr/\u003eThe mooncakes are golden brown pastries stamped with intricate patterns and packed with bean paste, egg yolks, lotus seeds and sugar.\u003cbr/\u003eMore elaborate versions of mooncakes contain four egg yolks which represent the four phases of the moon. \u003cbr/\u003eBesides lotus seed paste, other traditional fillings include red bean paste and black bean paste. \u003cbr/\u003eBut nowadays, mooncakes can be filled with everything from dates, nuts, and fruit to Chinese sausages. \u003cbr/\u003eMore exotic creations include green tea.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd big companies have caught on to mooncake madness, with the likes of Haagen-Dazs and Godiva now offering their own take on the traditional treat.\u003cbr/\u003eHenry Chen has been making them for thirty years at his Dragon City Bakery in San Francisco. \u003cbr/\u003eIt is his busiest time of the year and he ships them all over the US.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says there is an art to producing the perfect cake.\u003cbr/\u003e\"When it comes out of the oven, the mooncake's dough tastes crispy, the paste is soft, the yolk is like powder,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eBefore going into the oven, egg yolk is brushed on the tops of the mooncakes which are then baked for 20 minutes.\u003cbr/\u003eSharon Alston is trying a mooncake for the first time - and seems impressed.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's good. I like it,\" she says. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's not overly sweet, and I like that. It doesn't taste like it's filled with sugar. It actually has a lot of richness and depth to it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe round-shape of the cakes is inspired by the Chinese pronunciation of unity, \"tuan yuan,\" with \"yuan\" meaning round.\u003cbr/\u003eThe traditional round mooncakes represent unity, one of the most important themes during the autumn festival.\u003cbr/\u003eIf you're lucky, they'll also contain as many as four yolks. \u003cbr/\u003eThe more yolks contained in your mooncake, the more fortune supposedly coming your way.\u003cbr/\u003eBut be warned, each cake contains up to a thousand calories.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Chinese Moon Festival falls on 19 September 2013.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSan Francisco, US - 12 September 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of acrobat performing on stage at Autumn Moon Festival event\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of Chinese musicians playing instruments\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close-up of cymbals being struck\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close-up of Autumn Moon Festival lantern\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close-up of Chinese calligraphy\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) State Senator Leland Yee, Democrat, San Francisco:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is time to celebrate and enjoy the fruit of your labour.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of stall workers showing customer mooncakes\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up of packaged mooncakes\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close-up of toothpick being used to take sample of mooncake \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of woman sampling mooncake\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of girl eating mooncake\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of baker weighing nuts on scales\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close-up of nuts being removed from scales\u003cbr/\u003e14. Tilt up of nuts being put into mixing machinery \u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of Henry Chen, Owner, Dragon City Bakery, kneading dough\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up of dough\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close-up of baker's face\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of bakers rolling dough balls for mooncakes\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close-up of dough balls \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close-up of loading dough into air gun machine\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close-up of air gun machine shooting mooncakes onto baking tray\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close-up of mooncakes being put into oven\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close-up of mooncakes baking\u003cbr/\u003e24. Tracking shot of putting mooncakes being placed in oven\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close-up of baked mooncakes being placed on rack\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of people in Chinese bakery shop\u003cbr/\u003e27. Close-up of mooncakes on rack\u003cbr/\u003e28. Close-up of green tea and red bean mooncakes\u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide of mooncakes behind glass display\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close-up melon paste mooncake \u003cbr/\u003e31. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henry Chen, Owner, Dragon City Bakery:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When it comes out of the oven, the mooncake's dough tastes crispy, the paste is soft, the yolk is like powder.\"\u003cbr/\u003e32. Close-up of slice being removed from black sesame mooncake\u003cbr/\u003e33. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sharon Alston, customer trying a mooncake for the first time: \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's good. I like it. It's not overly sweet, and I like that. It doesn't taste like it's filled with sugar. It actually has a lot of richness and depth to it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e34. Close-up of cooked egg yolks being removed from tray \u003cbr/\u003e35. Close-up of cooked egg yolks being placed in dough\u003cbr/\u003e36. Close-up of egg yolk baked into mooncake\u003cbr/\u003e37. SOUNDBITE: (English) State Senator Leland Yee, Democrat, San Francisco:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The more yolk, the more they like you. The more they respect you and they wish you even more fortune.\"\u003cbr/\u003e38. 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