「想」月.「賞」悅 Guessing lantern riddles
The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in many East Asian communities. In China, it’s a reunion time
for families, just like Thanksgiving, while in Vietnam, it’s more like a children’s day.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival. It traditionally falls
on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is in September or early
October in the Gregorian calendar.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year.
Chinese people celebrate it by gathering for dinners and lighting paper lanterns.
Festival Facts
Name in Chinese: 中秋節 Zhōngqiūjié / jong-chyoh-jyeah / 『middle autumn festival』
- 2020 date: Thursday, October 1st. See the Mid-Autumn Festival Dates.
- How it began: moon worship, over 3,000 years
- Must-eat food: mooncake
- Popular activities: admiring the full moon, eating mooncakes, traveling
The common customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival include family members eating dinner together,
just like a Thanksgiving dinner, sharing mooncakes, worshiping the moon with gifts, displaying
lanterns, and regional activities.
In Hong Kong, a unique annual fire dragon show is held in the Tai Hang neighborhood during the
Mid-Autumn Festival.
Question Link QR CODE
Now, we are preparing the lantern riddles, click the above Question Link / QR Code to entry, the
students who answered the fastest and most will get a gift….. Let’s go!