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In China mid-autumn festival is on the 15th day of the 8th month on the chinese calendar. The emporers worsip the moon to bring good harvest in the spring

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zhongqiu kuaile

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Pinyin: Zhong qiu Jie

Date: 15 day of the 8th month on the chinese calender

Origin: There are stories to the origin of the mid autumn festival.

One story is called "The Jade Rabbit" and it is our favourite.

How you celebrate: Meet up with family and eat mooncakes, and

look up at the moon.

Zhong qiu jie kualie is how you say happy Chinese Mid Autumn Festival.

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Mooncakes,

mooncakes are a pastry traditionly

eaten at the mid-autumn festavil

and if someone in family is not there

they look at the moon and think

of them. the festival has been around

for over 3000 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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In China it is a completly different date and season

than Australia.

They also eat completly different food such as

River Snails, taro and heaps of other stuff.

On this specifcic date they get their family together

and eat mooncakes and if they are unable to get together

they look at the moon and think of their family.

They used to make sacrafises for their gods. and give mooncakes

as gifts.

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Foods they eat are river snails, Mooncakes, Taro, Duck and pumpkin

if someone in your family was away the person that is away would

gaze at the moon think about there family.

The story is there were 10 suns in the sky and everyone was dying

but then Hou Yi shot down 9 of them with his bow and arrow. Then he became

famous and everyone wanted to work for him. Feng Meng wanted to be famous

so when Hou Yi went hunting Feng Meng stayed and tried to

drink the elixir but chang'e drank it instead and flew to the moon.

People sacrificed lots of things to the moon like watermelons apples mooncakes plums grapes and incence

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In china on the mid-autumn festival people do activites such as eating mooncakes, gazing at the moon and making lanterns

mooncakes are a traditional chinese pastrie genrally eatin during the mid-autumn festival.

中秋快乐!

zhongqiu ji  kuaile is how you say happy mid-autumn festival in chinese

the mid autumn festival is on the 19th of september

we liked the poem Thoughts in the Silent Night

They also eat River snails,Taro,Pumpkin,Duck and Wine Fermented with Osmanthus Flowers.

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Esta & Chen- Mid-Autumn Festival           

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The Mid Autumn Festival is celebrated on the
15th day of the 8th month on the Chinese
calendar.
To say 'Happy Mid-Autumn Festival' you would say 'Zhongqiu Kuaile' in Chinese characters '中秋快乐'.
This occasion is the second most important festival after the Chinese New Year.
On this very special they eat Moon Cake, Pumpkin's, RIver Snails, Tora and Duck's.
In this tradition they will make laterns and gaze at the moon.

Long, long ago on this day there were three immortal's who came down from heaven to earth.
They asked a fox, a monkey and a rabbit to  find them food.
Both the fox and monkey returned with food but the rabbit did not. The rabbit felt sorry for the three immortals so he threw himself into the fire and told them to eat him.
The three of them were deeply moved by the rabbits action so from that day on they called him the 'Jade Rabbit' and the legend was contiued to be told.

A poem that is told on this special day is called Thoughts in the Silent Night 静夜思

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On this day it is always on a full moon. People get together and if people can't come they look up at the full moon and think of their family.

Date that it's on is the 15th day of the 8th month on the Chinese calender.

They eat mooncakes on this specific date. It can have many different types of fillings.

They also eat River snails,Taro,Pumpkin,Duck and Wine Fermented with Osmanthus Flowers.

The Chinese people used to make sacrifices to the lunar goddess on this date.

Stories:

Chang'e and Hou Yi

Wu Gang and the Cherry Bay

The Jade Rabbit

The Chinese For Happy Mid-Autumn Festival is 中秋节快乐 and the pinyin is Zhōngqiū jié kuàilè.

We liked the storyChang'e and Hou Yi best.

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