Mooncake chess combines game and treats

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. [CFP]

月饼象棋寓智于乐

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，棋手可以真的吃掉捕获对方的月饼棋子。具当地媒体报道，这一独具创意的象棋月饼十分畅销。