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Zhōng qiū Jié 中 秋 节. Mid-Autumn Festival. Hànyǔ zěnme shuō …? In Chinese how do you say…?. Mid – Autumn Festival. Moon – 月 – yuèliang. Is the largest of the year “Harvest Moon” Jiārén kàn yuèliang . 家人 看 月亮。 Family members look at the moon. Huí jiā – Return home 回家.
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ZhōngqiūJié中 秋 节 Mid-Autumn Festival
Hànyǔzěnmeshuō…?In Chinese how do you say…? • Mid – Autumn Festival
Moon – 月 – yuèliang • Is the largest of the year • “Harvest Moon” • Jiārénkànyuèliang. 家人 看 月亮。 • Family members look at the moon.
Huíjiā – Return home 回家 • “Chinese Thanksgiving” • After harvest by farmers
Chī Eat • YuèbǐngMooncake
Hànyǔzěnmeshuō…? • mooncake • eat • Family members… • Family members eat mooncakes.
Also eat… • yěchī… 也 吃。。。 • Fruit – ROUND fruit! shuǐguǒ
Mooncakes symbolize • Round – completeness & reunion
Famous Poem • Thoughts in the Silent Night 静夜思 Li Bai The moonlight is shining through the window 床 前 明 月 光 chuángqiánmíngyuèguāng
Famous Poem And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground 疑 是 地 上 霜yíshìdìshàngshuāng
Famous Poem Looking up to see the moon ... 举 头 望 明 月jǔtóuwàngmíngyuè
Famous Poem Looking down I miss so much about my hometown 低 头 思 故 乡dītóusīgǔxiāng • Li Bai used his lines to express his homesickness