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Mid-AutumnFestival中秋节介绍

About Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

August the 15th according to the lunar calendar （农历）is

the traditional Mid Autumn Festival in China (In 2011, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Wednesday, September 12th). The

festival is the second most important festival to the Spring

Festival to Chinese people. Every year, when the festival comes，people go home from every corner of the world to meet their

family and have dinner with them.

Why is the Mid-Autumn Festival so important? It is related to

the moon and Chinese people like the moon very much. In

Chinese culture, the full moon is a symbol (象征) of peace and

prosperity （繁荣）for the whole family. Its roundness symbolizes（象征）wholeness and togetherness. In the middle of the eighth

month of the Chinese calendar the moon is full, and eight is also

a popular number in Chinese culture, symbolizing wealth and

prosperity. So people believe this day is very propitious（吉利的）.

Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of 2000 years. During

these 2000 years lots of

Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese

people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement

of people.

The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are

appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes together and making

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns. These three celebrations

have been passed from generation to generation. Chinese

people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they

don’t do these three things.

In some places in China people celebrate the festival in

different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat

taro （芋头）to celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest

occurs at the same time as the festival. They eat taro and hope

the harvest is good in the next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck

with sweet-scented（芳香的）osmanthus （桂花）, because

Nanjing people think sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of

peace. In some places people make fires inside a towers to

celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of

good business.

About mooncakes

Mooncakes are the must-eat food for the Mid-Autumn

Festival. Which kind of mooncake do you prefer?

Cantonese-style mooncakes

Cantonese-style mooncakes originate (起源于) from South

China's Guangdong Province. The ingredients （原料）used in

the fillings are various, which reflects （反应）the Guangdong

people's adventurous nature（冒险的本性）in eating. The most

used ingredients include lotus seed paste （莲蓉）, ham, chicken,

duck, roast pork, mushrooms, and egg yolks （蛋黄）.

Cantonese-style mooncakes taste sweet.

Suzhou-style mooncakes

Suzhou-style mooncakes are also called Su-style mooncakes

for short. Su-style mooncakes appeared more than a thousand

years ago. They are well known throughout China for their layers

（层）of flaky dough（酥面团）and lots of sugar and lard(猪油).

There are both sweet and savory （美味的）tastes among

Suzhou-style mooncakes.

Answer the following questions to form a passage about

Mid-autumn Day.

1. When do we celebrate Mid-autumn Day?

2. How do we celebrate it?

3. Why do we celebrate it?

4. What’s the tradition (传统) in your family for this festival?