Chuang qian ming yue guang

Yi shi di shang shuang

Ju tou wang ming yue

Di tou si gu xiang

Zhong
Qiu
Jie
Kuai
Le

Happy Mid-Autumn
Festival

The goddess Chang Er fly to the moon

The Story-English Version

Legend says that there were once ten suns in the sky, which made plants wither, water in rivers and lakes run dry. Its too hot to live on the sun.

Houyi, a young man who was good at archery was sympathetic with peoples torture so he decided to save them. He took out his bow, ascended up to the
peak of the Kunlun Mountain and shot down nine of the ten suns one by one, and he might have shot the last one if it was not called off by others. Thus the
severe drought was gone.

Houyi thus was respected and honored by people as a hero. Young men who were fond of archery flocked to him to learn shooting. Houyi later married a
pretty lady called Changer and lived a happy life with her.
One day on his way to a friend home in the Kunlun Mountain, Houyi came across the Heavenly Empress. Houyi was enamored of the happy life with his
wife and wanted to be with her forever so he asked the Heavely Empress to give him some elixir. The elixir was strictly controlled off normal people. The
Heavely Empress, however, moved by Houyis contribution and affection to love and gave him one. The drug was said very powerful and people who took it
can fly to the heaven and became a immortal immediately. However, the content was only enough for one person and Houyi was reluctant to leave his beloved
wife alone on the earth so he gave the elixir to Changer to preserve and wanted to seek another one for his wife. Changer carefully stored it in a wooden box
while her action was peeked by the evil Fengmeng-one of his husbands adherents.

Three days afterward, Houyi lead his disciples to go out for hunting but Fengmeng who wanted to steal the elixir while Houyi was way, stayed at home
deliberately. No sooner as Houyi left his house, Fengmeng knocked into the courtyard where Changer was working. He wielded his glitter sword and
threatened Changer to give him the elixir.

Change had no better idea than swallowed the elixir herself. As soon as she took it, changer flew from her house toward the heave and finally landed on
the moon.

Houyi was told what was happening in the evening when he returned home from bumper hunting. He was astonished, anguished and then very anger so he
decided to kill the evil man. But Fengmeng had fled away. Changer was transferred to the moon and has lived there since ever.

Chang'e decides to live on the moon because it is nearest to the earth. There she lives a simple and contented life. Even though she is in Heaven, her heart
remains in the world of mortals. Never does she forget the deep love she has for Hou Yi.

The Story-Chinese Version

What do we do during this

festival?
What and When is Mid-Autumn Festival?

OVERVIEW OF MID-AUTUMN
FESTIVAL

HISTORY OF MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL

1st celebrated by high-rankings officials during the Sung dynasty in China (860-1126 A.D)
who presented gifts of mirrors (representing the moon) to each other.
Later on, ordinary people also followed suit, by feasting and rejoicing heartily over their
harvests during Yuan(Mongol)dynasty (1206-1341 A.D)(mooncake originated for peculiar
circumstances).
Mongols ruled china with an iron hand and were hated by the Chinese, who plotted to
overthrow the oppressors. Their general ordered that messages giving the exact day and
time for an uprising to be inserted into mooncakes and distributed to all people.
Chinese(Ming dynasty) successfully thrown the Mongols.
Mainly Chinese emigrants to South Seas during the Ching dynasty(Manchus)carried this
traditions.

Mid-Autumn Festival relate to Buddhism

Belief:
If one looks carefully at the moon on a full-moon night, one can make out the shadow of a
rabbit on its surface.
Legend:
One day the Buddha assumed the form of a hungry old man & asked three animals he met
for food. The fox gave him a carp, the monkey gave him fresh fruits, but the poor rabbit had
nothing to offer. So he jumped into the fire and had himself roasted as an offering to the old
man. The Buddha was tremendously moved by the self-sacrifice of the rabbit, revived him
and sent him to the moon where he remained to be worshipped by the people.

Mooncake
- Shaped like the surface of the moon
- As gifts to relatives and friends on this occasion
- Round shape-reminder of success and unity of the people during the overthrow of the Mongols

Lantern
-variety types:
- Basic paper lanterns
- cellophane lantern
- soft inflatable lantern
-hard plastic lantern
-battery-powered paper lantern

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL

LANTERN
-

Basic Paper Lantern

Cellophane Paper Lantern

Soft Inflatable Lantern

Battery-Powered Paper Lantern

Hard Plastic Lantern

DIY MAKING
TRADITIONAL CELLOPHANE PAPER
LANTERN
SESSION

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