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Mid-autumn Festival

Mid-autumn Festival. Zhongqiujie 中秋节 19th September 2013. contents. A bstract. O rigin. Legend. M ooncakes. M oon. Mid-autumn Festival.

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Mid-autumn Festival

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  1. Mid-autumn Festival Zhongqiujie 中秋节19th September 2013

  2. contents Abstract Origin Legend Mooncakes Moon

  3. Mid-autumn Festival The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon，around the time of the autumn equinox（秋分）. The Mid-autumn Festival is a little like Thanksgiving. It is celebrated at the end of the harvest season. This year it falls on the 19th September.

  4. Origins Mid-autumn festival celebrations date back more than 2000years. In ancient times, Chinese emperors prayed to heaven for a prosperous year. They chose the morning of the 15th day of the second lunar month to worship the sun and the evening of the 15th day of the eighth lunar month to hold a ceremony in praise of the moon.

  5. The Legend of Mid-autumn Day

  6. CHANG'E - The MoonGoddess

  7. According to legend, in ancient times, one year, ten suns appeared in the sky, the water in the planet dried, people couldn’t live any longer.

  8. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns.

  9. Yi stole the elixir of life but to save the people from his tyrannical rule, his wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

  10. ANOTHER LEGEND In the 14th century, the eating of mooncakes at "Zhong Qiu Jie" was given a new significance. The story goes that when Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming dynasty (1368-1644) emperor, was plotting to overthrow the Yuan dynasty started by the Mongolians, the rebels hid their messages in the Mid-Autumn mooncakes. Zhong Qiu Jie is hence also a commemoration of the overthrow of the Mongolians by the Han people.

  11. On thisday, Chinese families gettogether. They tell the story about a lady who lived in the moon. They give each other small round moon cake. Some moon cakes have a yellow egg yolk in the middle. The yolk looks like a bright, full moon .

  12. mooncakes

  13. It is said "Hou Yi" missed his wife, so he made mooncakes. They looked like the moon. There are many kinds of mooncakes. They are small round cakes with meat, nuts or something sweet inside .

  14. The moon cakes sometimes look like the round bright moon. Nowadays, the mooncakes come in all kinds of shapes .

  15. Different Kinds of Mooncake

  16. The round shape of moon cakes just symbolizes not only the moon but also the unity of the family.

  17. The most important thing is looking at the moon. On that day, the moon appears brighter and rounder. We call this moon the full moon.

  18. Mid-autumn Festival Family reunions

  19. Confucius Institute Leo Liu Dongqing

  20. The end Thanks

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