Overview:
- Name in Chinese: 中秋节 Zhongqiujie /jong-chyoh-jyeah/
- Importance: the second most important (traditional) Chinese Festival after Chinese New Year
- Date: the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese Calendar
- Popular food: mooncakes
- Celebrations: admiring the full moon, eating mooncakes
- Origin: A harvest festival with origins in moon worship.
- History: Over 3,000 years
- Greetings: The simplest is "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" (中秋快乐).
- Most Famous Mid-Autumn Festival poem: "The Moon Festival" (水调歌头 'Water Tone Song') by Su Shi (苏轼)
Intro 2
Modern Celebrations:
Vocabulary:
中 zhōng - center, middle
秋 qiū - autumn, fall
节 - jié festival
中秋节 zhōng qiū jié - mid autumn festival
快乐 kuài lè - happy, joyous
中秋快乐 zhōng qiū kuài lè - happy mid autumn festival
月亮 yuè liàng - the moon
赏月 shǎng yuè - to admire the moon
月饼 yuè bǐng - moon cake
过节日 guò jié rì - to celebrate a holiday
传统节日 chuán tǒng jié rì - a traditional holiday
农历八月十五 nóng lì bā yuè shí wǔ - month 8 day 15 on the lunar calendar
团圆节 tuán yuán jié - reunion festical
传说 chuán shuō - a legend
嫦娥 cháng é - lady on the moon
后羿 hòu yì - legendary archer
秋 qiū - autumn, fall
节 - jié festival
中秋节 zhōng qiū jié - mid autumn festival
快乐 kuài lè - happy, joyous
中秋快乐 zhōng qiū kuài lè - happy mid autumn festival
月亮 yuè liàng - the moon
赏月 shǎng yuè - to admire the moon
月饼 yuè bǐng - moon cake
过节日 guò jié rì - to celebrate a holiday
传统节日 chuán tǒng jié rì - a traditional holiday
农历八月十五 nóng lì bā yuè shí wǔ - month 8 day 15 on the lunar calendar
团圆节 tuán yuán jié - reunion festical
传说 chuán shuō - a legend
嫦娥 cháng é - lady on the moon
后羿 hòu yì - legendary archer
Video Clips:
Guide to Mooncakes -
Legend of Moon Festival -
Chinese Language Account -
Newbie Clip -
