1. Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节
Oral History Project
London Chinatown

2. Mid Autumn Festival 中秋节
What do you know about Mid- Autumn Festival?
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3. The legend of Chang’E This is the story of Hou Yi and his wife Chang’E
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4. Mid-Autumn Festival Customs
Appreciating the bright full moon
Celebrating with family
Eating mooncakes
Playing with lanterns

5. 传统月饼 新潮月饼 冰皮 雪糕 咖啡 Chuán Tŏng Yuè Bĭng Xīn Cháo Yuè Bĭng
(traditional mooncakes)
Bīng Pí 冰皮
(ice-skin / snowy)
Xīn Cháo Yuè Bĭng
新潮月饼
(trendy mooncakes)
Xuĕ Gāo 雪糕
(ice cream)
Kā Fēi 咖啡
(coffee)

6. Mooncake and the Mongols
To overthrow the rule of Mongols, Han people put a message “uprising, at the night of fifteenth of August” written on paper inside mooncakes and given to every Han family.
At the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, an uprising broke out, and finally toppled the regime of Mongols.
People eat mooncakes to remember this event.

7. 月饼 莲蓉蛋黄 豆沙 (red bean paste) Yuè bĭng Mooncakes with different fillings
Lián róng Dàn huáng
莲蓉蛋黄
(lotus seed paste and egg yolk)
Dòu shā
豆沙 (red bean paste)

8. Wǔ rén
五仁 (five kernel)
Zăo ní
枣泥 (jujube paste)

9. Wèi dào
味道 (taste/flavour)
Xiāng 香
(aromatic/fragrant)
Tián 甜
(sweet)

10. 苦 (bitter) 酸 (sour) 咸 (salty) 辣 (hot/peppery) Kǔ Suān Xián Là Wèi dào
味道 (taste/flavour) Kǔ
苦 (bitter)
Xián
咸 (salty)
Suān
酸 (sour) Là
辣 (hot/peppery)

11. Yuè bĭng yòu Xiāng yòu Tián
月饼 又 香 又 甜，
Zhēn hăo chī
真好吃。

12. Watching the flood tide at Qian-tang River estuary
Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival around the World
Zhejiang Province
Watching the flood tide at Qian-tang River estuary
Video – News Report

13. Zhōng qīu kuài lè
中秋快乐

14. Let’s sing a song 中秋歌 Zhōng qīu gē

15. 中秋节 (Mid-Autumn Festival) 月亮 (the moon)
Zhōng qīu jié
中秋节 (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Yuè liàng
月亮 (the moon)

16. Huā dēng
花灯 (festive lanterns)
Dēng lóng
灯笼 (lantern)

17. 后羿 (Hou Yi, a person’s name) 嫦娥 (Chang’ E, a person’s name)
Hòu Yì
后羿 (Hou Yi, a person’s name)
Cháng’ É
嫦娥 (Chang’ E, a person’s name)

18. Tuán yuán
团圆 (reunion)

19. wéi
囗 (enclosure)
RADICALS
huŏ
火 (fire) 秋 圆

20. * How to write the character ‘Qiū’

21. * How to write the character ‘Dēng’

22. * How to write the character ‘Tuán’

23. * How to write the character ‘Yuán’

24. Man and the Moon When did man reach the moon for the first time? 1969
Who was the first man to reach the moon?
What is the name of the spaceflight which first landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong
Which was the first country to send a man to land on the moon?
USA
Who said ‘one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind’?
Neil Armstrong
Footprint on the moon

25. Let’s learn a poem Jìng Yè Sī -- Lĭ Bái 静夜思 -- 李白
Chuáng qián míng yuè guāng，yí shì dì shàng shuāng
床前明月光，疑是地上霜。
Jŭ tóu wàng míng yuè，dī tóu sī gù xiāng
举头望明月，低头思故乡。

26. lanterns

27. Legend
Customs
Mooncake

28. THANK YOU

29. London Chinatown Acknowledgement:
Produced as part of the London China Town Oral History Project with materials from CMHA and Ming-Ai (London) Institute. Lesson plan designed by Ming-Ai (London) Institute.
Oral History Project
London Chinatown

30. Picture references:
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