1. Zhōng qiū Jié 中 秋 节 Mid-Autumn Festival

2. Hànyǔ zěnme shuō…? In Chinese how do you say…? Mid – Autumn Festival

3. 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.

4. Huí jiā – Return home 回家 “Chinese Thanksgiving” After harvest by farmers

5. Chī Eat Yuèbǐng Mooncake

6. Hànyǔ zěnme shuō…? mooncake eat Family members… Family members eat mooncakes.

7. Also eat… yě chī… 也 吃。。。 Fruit – ROUND fruit! shuǐguǒ

8. Mooncakes symbolize Round – completeness & reunion

9. 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

10. Famous Poem And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground 疑 是 地 上 霜 yí shì dìshàng shuāng

11. Famous Poem Looking up to see the moon... 举 头 望 明 月 jǔ tóu wàng míngyuè

12. 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