Mid-Autumn
Festival
中秋节
London Chinatown
Oral History Project
Mid Autumn Festival
中秋节
What do you know about MidAutumn Festival?
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The legend of Chang’E
This is the story of Hou Yi
and
his wife Chang’E
Let’s watch the video 
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- Appreciating the bright
full moon
- Celebrating with family
- Eating mooncakes
- Playing with lanterns
Chuán Tŏng Yuè Bĭng
传统月饼
(traditional mooncakes)
Bīng Pí
Xīn Cháo Yuè Bĭng
冰皮
新潮月饼
(ice-skin / snowy)
(trendy mooncakes)
Kā Fēi
咖啡
(coffee)
Xuĕ Gāo
雪糕
(ice cream)
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.
Yuè bĭng
月饼
Lián róng Dàn huáng
莲蓉蛋黄
(lotus seed paste and egg yolk)
Mooncakes with
different fillings
Dòu shā
豆沙
(red bean paste)
Wǔ rén
Zăo ní
枣泥
(jujube paste)
五仁
(five kernel)
Wèi dào
味道 (taste/flavour)
Xiāng
Tián
香
甜
(aromatic/fragrant)
(sweet)
Wèi dào
味道 (taste/flavour)
Kǔ
苦
Suān
(bitter)
酸 (sour)
Xián
Là
咸 (salty)
辣 (hot/peppery)
Yuè bĭng yòu Xiāng yòu Tián
月饼 又 香 又 甜，
Zhēn hăo chī
真好吃。
Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival around the World
Zhejiang Province
Watching the flood
tide at Qian-tang
River estuary
Video – News Report
Zhōng qīu kuài lè
中秋快乐
Zhōng qīu gē
中秋歌
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4w2yN-3qDQ
Zhōng qīu jié
中秋节
(Mid-Autumn Festival)
Yuè liàng
月亮
(the moon)
Huā dēng
花灯
(festive lanterns)
Dēng lóng
灯笼
(lantern)
Hòu Yì
后羿 (Hou Yi, a person’s name)
Cháng’ É
嫦娥
(Chang’ E, a person’s name)
Tuán yuán
团圆
(reunion)
RADICALS
huŏ
wéi
火 (fire)
囗 (enclosure)
秋
圆
* How to write the character ‘Qiū’
* How to write the character ‘Dēng’
* How to write the character ‘Tuán’
* How to write the character ‘Yuán’
Man and the Moon
When did man reach the moon for
the first time?
1969
What is the name of the spaceflight
which first landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
Which was the first country to send
a man to land on the moon?
USA
Who was the first man
to reach the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Who said ‘one small step for a man,
one giant leap for mankind’?
Neil Armstrong
Footprint on the moon
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。
Legend
Customs
Mooncake
THANK YOU
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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.
London Chinatown
Oral History Project
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