zhōng qiū jié 中 秋 节 mid-autumn festival. hànyǔ zěnme shuō…? in chinese how do you...
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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 theground
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