“In spring the river rises as high as the sea.
And with the river's tide uprises the moon bright.”

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival, is a Chinese traditional festival. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night. In Chinese culture, a round shape symbolizes completeness and reunion. The Mid-Autumn day is a big important festival to express the yearning for the hometown, to miss the loved ones, to hope for a good harvest, to wish a happy reunion, and to pray for a good future.

This reminds me so much of a poem, The Moon over the River on a Spring Night, written by Zhang Ruoxu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. Starting from “In spring the river rises as high as the sea, and with the river's tide uprises the moon bright”, the poem, taking the moon as the main theme, depicts a tender, lovely, and tranquil spring night over the river.

With the poem lingering in the mind, I follow the footsteps of the poet to trace back thousands of years, so that I can see this wonderful world through the poet’s eyes and enjoy the scenery of “As the bright moon shines over the sea, from far away you share this moment with me”.

On the cover of the box lays three sets of smooth undulating lines and a full moon. I borrow the line technique of ocean waves in paintings of the Song Dynasty, however, the line fluctuation is much more tender and gentle. These lines look like the choppy surface of the sea, and as well the stretched cloud floating towards you. They are intertwined and interconnected, as if waters blend into the hues of the vase sky, as if heaven and earth are within your reach, as if the one dear to you tightly hugs you.

The moon uses the silver hot stamping to reflect the beauty of the moonlight and the clarity of the moon. Accordingly, one set of lines that below the moon employ the same silver hot stamping printing technique, indicating that the sparkling water surface reflects the bright moonlight. The rest two sets of lines use golden hot stamping and white hot stamping respectively, delivering an extraordinary visual perceptions by laying out elements logically and strategically.

Inspired by the Chinese traditional food box, this mooncake box is designed to have two parts, cover and container. The cover is made of beige cotton, which is unadorned but conveys a sense of warmth, while the container is made of bamboo, which stands for constancy and integrity. With delicious mooncakes neatly arranged in it, this box is perfect for you to gift them away to your beloved person. The whole box reveals a strong traditional feature without losing the contemporary taste, and it bears a delightful meaning of “May the moonlight accompanies you all the time and wish you a happy family reunion”.