Mid-Autumn Festival

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Info-CHILDES,
    As a footnote, Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip asked me to add
this information about Mid-Autumn Festival for those who are not too
familiar with it.
--Brian MacWhinney

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 zung1cau1zit3 in Cantonese), also known as
Moon Festival, or Mooncake Festival (月餅節 jyut6beng2zit3) is a
traditional Chinese festival and holiday on the 15th day of the 8th
month of the Chinese lunar calendar. On this day the full moon is at
its roundest and brightest, which symbolises family unity and
togetherness. According to Chinese traditions, on this day family
members and friends will gather to gaze at the moon, and eat mooncakes
together. This is the time for farmers to celebrate the end of the
agricultural season and the harvest. A very important holiday in the
Chinese calendar for family members to get together and enjoy the full
moon as an auspicious token of abundance, harmony and luck.
For your interest, here’s a link to the popular legendary origin of the
festival:
http://china.tyfo.com/int/art/festival/middle-autumn/mid-tale.htm
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!
Virginia and Stephen
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