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Moon Festival. Sixth graders. Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan. Teacher: Frances Tzeng. Moon Festival. Outline. Puppet show Armstrong on the moon 2. Origins date, tradition and legends 3. Customs food and activities Poem.
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Moon Festival Sixth graders Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwan Teacher: Frances Tzeng
Moon Festival Outline • Puppet show • Armstrong on the moon • 2. Origins • date, tradition and legends • 3. Customs • food and activities • Poem Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Puppet Show Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Origins-date • Moon Festival (or Mid-Autumn Festival) is celebrated every year on the fifteen day of the eighth lunar month. Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Origins-traditions • People would make offerings to the Earth God, the guardian of the land, to pray for a good harvest • Families and friends would get together to celebrate this special day by watching the moon and eating moon cakes and pomelos. Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Origins-legends • Chang-E, the Moon Lady, flying to the moon • The Moon Rabbit • Wu Gang, the woodcutter, chopping down a tall tree Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Customs-food • Moon cakes • Pomelos Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Customs-activities • Moon watching • barbecuing Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Poems by Li Bai 床前明月光 chuang2 qian2 ming2 yue4 guang1 疑是地上霜 yi2 shi4 di4 shang4 shuang1 舉頭望明月 ju3 tou2 wang4 ming2 yue4 低頭思故鄉 di1 tou2 si1 gu4 xiang1 Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn
Moon Festival Poems by Li Bai 床前明月光 So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed 疑是地上霜 Could there have been a frost already? 舉頭望明月 Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. 低頭思故鄉 Sinking back again, I suddenly thought of my homeland. Shuang Lian Elementary SchoolTaipei, Taiwn