Henry Zhang
The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Chinese Moon Festival which is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese. Chinese ancestors believed that the seventh, eighth and ninth lunar months belong to autumn. So the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. It is an occasion for family reunion. When the full moon rises, families get together to watch the full moon, eat moon cakes, and sing moon poems. With all these things together, the legend, the family, the full moon and the poems, one can't help thinking this is really a perfect world. That may be the reason why Chinese are so much enjoyed in the Moon Festival and it is so different from other festivals. They just can't wait for the coming of the Moon Festival in each year. The Moon Festival is also a romantic one. Lovers get together, watch the full moon, drink towards the moon, and taste the delicate moon cake, at such a quiet night without a silk of cloud and with some mild breeze from the sea. Even for lovers in different places, the moon links them together. They watch the moon at the same time and seem to have each other at that hour. A great number of poetry have been devoted to the romantic Festival. The Chinese people hope that the Moon Festival will bring them romance and happiness.
Sep 21, 2021 2:30 PM