{"id":9361,"date":"2013-09-19T15:06:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T19:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=9361"},"modified":"2013-09-19T15:06:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T19:06:40","slug":"happy-mid-autumn-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/happy-mid-autumn-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9363\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/1284455418980.jpg\" aria-label=\"1284455418980 300x187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9363\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9363\" alt=\"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!\"  width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/1284455418980-300x187.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today is an important holiday in Chinese culture &#8211; the <strong>Mid-Autumn Festival<\/strong> (\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282 &#8211; zh\u014dng qi\u016b ji\u00e9). This harvest festival was made a public holiday in the Middle Kingdom back in 2008, and most Chinese people enjoy a short break from work or school to reunite with family members. You may not know it, but this short festival is considered by many to be second in importance only to the granddaddy of &#8217;em all, the Spring Festival. To help you further understand this traditional Chinese holiday while learning a bit of the language as well, here are some useful links and videos related to Mid-Autumn Festival:<\/p>\n<h2>Transparent Chinese Blog<\/h2>\n<p>Last year, I posted a nice write-up about this festival that includes some of the history and traditions. If you missed it, you can find it <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/zhong-qiu-jie\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Around the Web<\/h2>\n<p>The Huffington Post has a great article up about how to make moon cakes yourself. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/zester-daily\/moon-cakes_b_3939027.html\">Click here<\/a> to learn how to make these tasty treats at home.<\/p>\n<p>Over at the China Real Time Report on the WSJ, you can find an incredible slideshow with pictures of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in the country. Scroll through these awesome images <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/chinarealtime\/2013\/09\/19\/china-celebrates-mid-autumn-festival\/#slide\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not only moon cakes that people eat to celebrate this traditional festival. The Global Times has posted a list of the Top 10 Foods for Mid-Autumn Festival, and you can browse it by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/812414.shtml#.Ujs_iby60gA\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The folks at Quizlet have put together a nice set of vocabulary flash cards that help you learn 15 words related to this holiday. Test yourself and improve your vocab by <a href=\"http:\/\/quizlet.com\/14799426\/mid-autumn-festival-vocabulary-flash-cards\/\">checking it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Videos<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese Holidays - Mid-Autumn Festival - \u4e2d\u79cb\u8282\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YlBTQfvhGHs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video from Chinese Class 101 will help you a bunch with your reading and listening, and will also teach you a lot about the festival. In Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mid-Autumn Festival | An introduction (Hello China #35)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ndknxk4v4QY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this short Hello China video, you&#8217;ll learn the basics of Mid-Autumn Festival. In English with Chinese subtitles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Legend of the Mooncake Festival: The Story of Chang-E\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oXczHYZcRvo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Learn the fascinating legend behind the festival &#8211; the love story of Chang E and Hou Yi.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MoonCake (\u6708\u997c)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zk0LQkTXMQg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch a chef whip up some moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Most importantly, we&#8217;d like to wish all of you a&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282\u5feb\u4e50 &#8211; zh\u014dng qi\u016b ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0i l\u00e8<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/1284455418980-350x219.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/1284455418980-350x219.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/1284455418980-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/1284455418980-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/1284455418980.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Today is an important holiday in Chinese culture &#8211; the Mid-Autumn Festival (\u4e2d\u79cb\u8282 &#8211; zh\u014dng qi\u016b ji\u00e9). This harvest festival was made a public holiday in the Middle Kingdom back in 2008, and most Chinese people enjoy a short break from work or school to reunite with family members. 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