This is a brief introduction to traditional Chinese festival-Mid-Autumn Fetival

1. Mid-Autumn Festival

2. 1. Date
When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
2. Activities
How do people celebrate ( 庆祝 ) the Mid-
Autumn Festival ( 节日 )?
3. Foods
What do people eat for the Mid-Autumn
Festival?

3. 1. Date of the Mid-Autumn Festival
When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
It’s on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.
( 阴历第八个月的第十五天 )

4. eating moon cakeseating moon cakes
a symbol ( 象征 ) of the Mid-Autumn festival
People celebrate it by…..
2 How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival?

5. having a family reunion
dinner
having a family reunion
dinner
How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival ?
People celebrate it by…..

6. admiring the full moonadmiring the full moon
How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival ?
People celebrate it by…..

7. On this special day, if Chinese person can’t
celebrate ( 庆祝 ) the festival with their family,
they would be very homesick( 思乡的 ).

8. They would sit under the same moon and lift a
cup of wine or a cup of tea.
They will toast ( 祝酒 ) to the moon and make
a wish.
Wish remote parents, friends, and all be loved
healthy, happy and love each other forever.

9. releasing the lanternsreleasing the lanterns
How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival ?
People celebrate it by…..

10. watching the tidewatching the tide
How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival ?
People celebrate it by…..

11. having a family reunion dinner
eating moon cakes
watching the tide
admiring the full moon
releasing the lanterns…
How do you celebrate the Mid-Autumn
Festival ?
I celebrate it by…..

12. 3. What do people eat for the Mid-Autumn
Festival?
moon cakesmoon cakes taros( 芋
头 )
taros( 芋
头 )
People eat…...for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

13. pearspears watermelonswatermelons
What do people eat for the Mid-Autumn
Festival?
People eat….. for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

14. What do you eat for the Mid-Autumn
Festival?
I eat…. for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
moon cakes
taros
pears
watermelons
crabs…

15. cultural significance
文化意义
the moon sentiment
月亮情结

16. The sight ( 景象 ) of the moon will arouse( 唤起 )
the hopes and dreams inside.
Chinese have special love for the moon, especially
poets ( 诗人 ) and singers.

17. When a lover asks another about
“How much do you love me?”, the
other may answer “The moon
knows about it”.

18. 静夜思
李白
窗前明月光
疑是地上霜
举头看明月
低头思故乡

19. Night Thoughts
By Li Bai
I wake, and moonbeams play around my bed,
Glittering like hoar-frost to my wandering eyes;
Up towards the glorious moon I raise my head,
Then lay me down---and thoughts of home arise.

20. Date
Activities
Foods
15th day of the 8th lunar month
eating moon cakes; watching the
tide; admiring the moon; releasing
the lanterns…
moon cakes; watermelons; taros;
pears…

21. Homework
1. Describe the Mid-Autumn Festival by three
sentences.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is on…
I celebrate it by…
I eat…for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. Find customs in different countries.

22. Countries celebrating the Mid-autumn Festival
South Korea Japan Singapore
Malaysia Thailand Philippines

23. That’s all.That’s all.
Thank you!
Thank you!