Mid-Autumn Festival

1. DateWhen is the Mid-Autumn Festival?

2. ActivitiesHow do people celebrate (庆祝  ) the Mid-Autumn Festival (节日 )?3. FoodsWhat do people eat for the Mid-Autumn Festival?

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 )

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?

having a family reunion dinnerhaving a family reunion dinner

How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival ?

People celebrate it by…..

admiring the full moonadmiring the full moon

How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival ?

People celebrate it by…..

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 ).

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.

releasing the lanternsreleasing the lanterns

How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival ?

People celebrate it by…..

watching the tidewatching the tide

How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival ?

People celebrate it by…..

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…..

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.

pearspears watermelonswatermelons

What do people eat for the Mid-Autumn Festival?

People eat….. for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

What do you eat for the Mid-Autumn Festival?

I eat…. for the Mid-Autumn Festival.moon cakes

taros

pears

watermelons

crabs…

cultural significance

文化意义

the moon sentiment

月亮情结

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.

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

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

Night ThoughtsBy 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.

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…

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.

Countries celebrating the Mid-autumn Festival

South Korea Japan Singapore

Malaysia Thailand Philippines

That’s all.That’s all.

Thank you!Thank you!