Zhōng qiū Jié 中 秋 节 Mid-Autumn Festival
Hànyǔ zěnme shuō…? In Chinese how do you say…? Mid – Autumn Festival
Moon – 月 – yuèliang Is the largest of the year “Harvest Moon” Jiārén kàn yuèliang. 家人 看 月亮。 Family members look at the moon.
Huí jiā – Return home 回家 “Chinese Thanksgiving” After harvest by farmers
Chī Eat Yuèbǐng Mooncake
Hànyǔ zěnme shuō…? mooncake eat Family members… Family members eat mooncakes.
Also eat… yě chī… 也 吃。。。 Fruit – ROUND fruit! shuǐguǒ
Mooncakes symbolize Round – completeness & reunion
Famous Poem Thoughts in the Silent Night 静夜思 Li Bai The moonlight is shining through the window 床 前 明 月 光 chuángqián míngyuè guāng
Famous Poem And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground 疑 是 地 上 霜 yí shì dìshàng shuāng
Famous Poem Looking up to see the moon... 举 头 望 明 月 jǔ tóu wàng míngyuè
Famous Poem Looking down I miss so much about my hometown 低 头 思 故 乡 dī tóu sī gǔxiāng Li Bai used his lines to express his homesickness