CHS 中文课: 二年级: 中秋快乐！

Mid Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) takes place on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. That's today, September 19th, 2013!

Overview:

Name in Chinese: 中秋节 Zhongqiujie /jong-chyoh-jyeah/
Importance: the second most important (traditional) Chinese Festival after Chinese New Year
Date: the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese Calendar
Popular food: mooncakes
Celebrations: admiring the full moon, eating mooncakes
Origin: A harvest festival with origins in moon worship.
History: Over 3,000 years
Greetings: The simplest is "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" (中秋快乐).
Most Famous Mid-Autumn Festival poem: "The Moon Festival" (水调歌头 'Water Tone Song') by Su Shi (苏轼)

Intro 1
Intro 2

Modern Celebrations:

Hong Kong 2013
Moon Cake Prep

How to Enjoy Moon Festival
Coloring Pages
Photography: TagGalaxy MoonFestival
Visual Discovery

Vocabulary:

中 zhōng - center, middle
秋 qiū - autumn, fall
节 - jié festival
中秋节 zhōng qiū jié - mid autumn festival
快乐 kuài lè - happy, joyous
中秋快乐 zhōng qiū kuài lè - happy mid autumn festival
月亮 yuè liàng - the moon
赏月 shǎng yuè - to admire the moon
月饼 yuè bǐng - moon cake

过节日 guò jié rì - to celebrate a holiday
传统节日 chuán tǒng jié rì - a traditional holiday
农历八月十五 nóng lì bā yuè shí wǔ - month 8 day 15 on the lunar calendar
团圆节 tuán yuán jié - reunion festical
传说 chuán shuō - a legend
嫦娥 cháng é - lady on the moon
后羿 hòu yì - legendary archer