Zhong1 Qiu1 Jie2: The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is, in hanbridge mandarin called Zhong1 Qiu1, being one of the most important Festivals．The festival takes place on the 15th day festival in China，second only to the Spring of the eighth month on the Chinese traditional calendar，marking the middle of autumn，thus receiving the name The traditional calendar contains four seasons．Each season divided into three parts：meng，zhong，and ji．Therefore mid-autumn is also called Zhong1 Qiu1 Day in hanbridge Chinese culture lesson. On the l5th day of the eighth month，the moon is much fuller and brighter than in other times of the year. In addition to the social custom to showing appreciation for the moon，people also eat moon cakes resembling to the moon. Therefore the festival is also called Moon Evening．On this night，people look into the sky at the moon for guidance，reuniting with one’s family．By means of the moon，people traveling in a distant place send their thoughts and feeling to their relatives. Therefore，the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Jia1 Ren2 Tuan2 Ju4 in Chinese hanbridge lessons(Festival of Reunion).

   

The legends regarding the Mid-Autumn Festival are rich and abundant，such as the myths of Chang e flying to the moon，Wu Gang cutting down the laurel tree，and the Jade Rabbit pounding the medicine．The Mid-Autumn Festivals custom of paying homage to the moon，comes from the story Chang e Flies to the Moon. According to ancient folklore in which you can learn from our mandarin hanbridge lessons online，in the heavens ten suns appeared simultaneously，drying up and killing the crops，devastating the people. A hero named Hou Yi drew his divine bow and shot down nine of the suns．1eaving one sun to rise and fall for the benefit of the people．Therefore，Hou Yi earned the respect and the admiration of the people. And many warriors yearned to learn his skills．But his disciple Peng Meng harbored evil intentions. One day, Hou Yi went to Mount Kunlun to seek a friend’s guidance coincidently meeting the Queen Mother of the West, thus asking her for a packet of immortal medicine．It is said that once this medicine is taken，one instantly ascends to heaven and becomes an immortal．He accepted the medicine，but he did not wish. To leave his beautiful wife Chang e．Upon returning home，Hou Yi gave his wife the elixir and told her to hide it in a jewelry box on her dressing table, unaware of the watching eyes of the deceitful Peng Meng．

This is a famous fairy tale, for our next part, we will continue to tell the rest of the story on our Chinese online lessons of Hanbridge. Please keep focus on our latest renovation.

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