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The Moon Festival
The Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th
lunar month. It's also known as the Mid-autumn
Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in
traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and
Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one
of the most important traditional events for the
Chinese.
The Moon Festival is full of legendary stories.
Legend says that Chang Er flew to the moon, where
she has lived ever since. You might see her dancing
on the moon during the Moon Festival. The Moon
Festival is also an occasion for family reunions.
When the full moon rises, families get together to
watch the full moon, eat moon cakes, and sing moon
poems. With the full moon, the legend, the family
and the poems, you can't help thinking that this is
really a perfect world. That is why the Chinese are
so fond of the Moon Festival.
The Moon Festival is also a romantic one. A
perfect night for the festival is if it is a quiet
night without a silk of cloud and with a little mild
breeze from the sea. Lovers spend such a romantic
night together tasting the delicious moon cake with
some wine while watching the full moon. Even for a
couple who can't be together, they can still enjoy
the night by watching the moon at the same time so
it seems that they are together at that hour. A
great number of poetry has been devoted to this
romantic festival. Hope the Moon Festival will bring
you happiness.
The moon cake is the food for the Moon Festival.
The Chinese eat the moon cake at night with the full
moon in the sky. Here are a few pictures of the
typical moon cake.
The picture on the moon cake
box.
The moon cakes in the box.
One of the moon cakes in the
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