1. M OON F ESTIVAL Estelle Hu Naperville Chinese School

2. D ATE August 15 on lunar calendar Second month of autumn Mid Autumn Festival

3. A REAS OF C ELEBRATION Chinese communities in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Areas influenced by Chinese culture – Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Japan and Korea.

4. L EGEND Chang E flew to the moon Become immortal

5. O RIGIN Tang Dynasty, 7 th century, started to celebrate Moon Festival. Autumn is a harvest season Celebrate with big harvest with parties, singing, composing poems, enjoying moon cakes and fruits under the bright beautiful moon.

6. Stories of Moon Festival Narrated by a little girlgirl

7. L EGEND Overthrown Mongol Empire (Yuan Dynasty), 13 th century

8. C USTOM Eat moon cakes

9. C USTOMS Enjoy pomelos

10. C USTOM Full moon symbolize Reunion

11. Let’s watch a movie!movie