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A bakery in Nanjing, South China's Jiangsu province, sells chess pieces made from mooncakes, Sept 2, 2011.

The mooncake is the traditional Chinese food for Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept. 12 this year, or Aug. 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar. A bakery in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, sells chess pieces made from mooncakes. In this version of the popular board game Xiang Qi (Chinese chess), which represents the battle between two armies - red and black - players can eat the mooncake pieces when they are captured and removed from the board. The creative Xiang Qi mooncake is a hot seller, local media reported.

月饼是中国人中秋节的传统食品,今年的中秋节(农历8月15日)是公历9月12日。江苏南京一家面点房制作出一种象棋月饼。中国象棋中的红方和黑方代表两军之战。下月饼象棋时,棋手可以吃掉捕获并从棋盘上移走的月饼。具当地媒体报道,这一独具创意的象棋月饼十分畅销。



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