1. Moon Festival 中秋节

2. Contents 内容 1. When is Moon Festival? 2. Why do people celebrate it? 3. How do people celebrate it? 4. Glossary

3. WHEN

7. ♥It’s the best season of the year, neither too hot nor too cold. ♥It is said that the moon on that day is the brightest and fullest of the year.

11. WHY

12. The origin of Moon Festival Long ago, there were ten suns in the sky. They took turns to light up the world.

13. The origin of Moon Festival One day, they wanted to play together. When they came out together, river dried up and plants died. People were dying of thirst and starvation.

14. The origin of Moon Festival Hou Yi heard people’s cries. He took his bow and arrows to shoot the nine suns down. People took Hou Yi as a hero.

15. The origin of Moon Festival God gave Hou Yi and his wife, Chang Er,two pills of Immortality.

16. The origin of Moon Festival But Hou Yi became an arrogant King. His wife was a kind person, so she stole the pills and swallowed them.

17. The origin of Moon Festival Chang Er became lighter and lighter. Then she flew up to the moon.

18. The origin of Moon Festival So every 15th day of the 8th lunar month, people would gather together to celebrate and thank Chang Er.

19. HOW

20. Family Reunion Rabbit Master

21. Worshiping the Moon

22. Admiring the Full Moon

23. Eating moon-cakes

24. Releasing Lanterns

25. Guessing lantern riddles

26. Watching the Tide

27. WHAT

28. 月亮 yuè liang

29. 月饼 yuè bĭng

30. 灯笼 dēnɡ lónɡ

31. 嫦娥 chánɡ é

32. 团圆 tuán yuán

33. zhōn ɡ qiū kuà ilè