Moon Festival In United States there are some holidays that are celebrated together with family‚ like Thanksgiving‚ Christmas and Independence Day. In China‚ we also have family reunion days and the Moon Festival is one of them. The Moon Festival is also known as Mid-Autumn Festival or the Zhongqiu Festival. Of course‚ this festival has equivalents in other countries‚ such as Japan‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ the Philippines and South Korea. If you are not familiar with the Chinese Moon Festival then
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Celebrated for centuries‚ the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節‚ zhōngqiū jié) is a harvest festival celebrated on the 15 day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. What Is the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ and Why Is the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrated? The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the tradition of praying to Chang-e‚ the Moon Goddess‚ in the autumn for a plentiful harvest. According to a legend from the Han Dynasty‚ Chang-e was the wife of divine archer Hou Yi‚ who shot down one of 10 suns that appeared
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My Favorite Chinese Festival The Mid-autumn is my favorite Chinese festival. It always falls on the 15th day of August‚ but this year is on 29th September. “This wonderful tale is a depiction of a Chinese family coming together and preparing to celebrate the moon with a nighttime picnic that embraces their Chinese customs with glowing lanterns and includes traditional dishes‚ such as the moon cakes‚ pomelos‚ and tea.”(LIN 94) A few days before the festival‚ everyone in the family will help to
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Day. Or in Japan‚ Tango no Sekku ‚which occurs on the fifth day of May is their Children’s Day. In my country - Vietnam‚ the fifteenth day of August in lunar calendar is the Children’s Day‚ also called Mid-Autumn Festival‚ is the second important occasion in Vietnam. Mid-Autumn Festival is the time for parents to play with and catch up their kids. Parents often tell many stories to their kids on this holiday. The most popular story is about “ the moon man and his banian tree”. The banian tree had
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Tracy Blijden Prof. Andrews ENG1020 6 November 2012 The Benefits of the South Beach Food Network Wine & Food Festival in Miami Miami is a great tourist destination‚ because it fulfills every tourist’s needs. It has great weather‚ great shopping and an even greater nightlife. Another thing that keeps the tourist coming is also its great cuisine. Miami has a cuisine that is uniquely its own. With its diverse community comes a cuisine with a blend of Latin‚ Caribbean and other influences. Lately
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KIIT University‚ Bhubaneswar HOLIDAY LIST FOR THE YEAR 2013 (Students) DATE 25.01.2013 26.01.2013 15.02.2013 28.03.2013 29.03.2013 01.04.2013 20.04.2013 15.06.2013 10.07.2013 09.08.2013 15.08.2013 28.08.2013 09.09.2013 02.10.2013 11-19.10.2013 14.11.2013 25.12.2013 Total DAYS Friday Saturday Friday Thursday Friday Monday Saturday Saturday Wednesday Friday Thursday Wednesday Monday Wednesday Friday - Saturday Thursday Wednesday NO.OF DAYS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 25 EVENT BIRTHDAY
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Instructor Jordan English 107 25 september 2013 Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Mid-Autumn (Moon Festival) is celebrated in Vietnam as a traditional festival in which most of young children take part in‚ that is why it is also known as Children’s Festival- need to separate into 2 sentences or use difference structure such as:: mid autumn(moon) festival is one of the traditional festival in vietnam and it is also known as children’s festival‚ because … . This is one of the most popular Vietnamese holiday
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mooncakes are to mid-autumn festival what mince pies are to christmas. the seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. and the moon is what this celebration is all about. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month‚ it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. this year the festival falls on october 1. there are two legends
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know what the greatest musical festival was. Woodstock was all about peace‚ love and music and it was the musical festival that changed how we look at music today . The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a three day festival that was held in Bethel‚ New York. It was a historic event that changed many people’s outlook on life‚ and was a big part of what was known as the hippie movement. The original idea of the festival was suppose to be this small‚ simple festival for a couple thousand people‚ but
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A Brief History of Rock and Roll and The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 Throughout history‚ major social transformations have taken place that has changed how people perceive themselves and the world around them. With each social reformation‚ cultural forms and institutions also change as well as their meanings. For Example‚ the development of recording and electronic communication within United States capitalism spurred the unique coming together of music traditions in twentieth century United
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