Mid-AutumnFestival中秋节介绍
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AboutChines e Mid-Autumn Festiv al
August the 15th accord ing to the lunarcalend ar （农历） is the tradit ional Mid Autumn Festiv al in China(In 2011, the Mid-Autumn Festiv al fallson Wednes day, Septem ber 12th). The festiv al is the second most import ant festiv al to the Spring Festiv al to Chines e people. Everyyear, when the festiv al comes， people go home from everycorner of the worldto meet theirfamily and have dinner with them.
Why is the Mid-Autumn Festiv al so import ant? It is relate d to the moon and Chines e people like the moon very much. In Chines e cultur e, the full moon is a symbol (象征) of peaceand prospe rity（繁荣） for the wholefamily. Its roundn ess symbol izes（象征） wholen ess and togeth ernes s. In the middle of the eighth monthof the Chines e calend ar the moon is full, and eightis also a popula r number in Chines e cultur e, symbol izing wealth and prospe rity. So people believ e this day is very propit ious（吉利的）.
Celebr ation of the Mid-Autumn Festiv al
The Mid-Autumn Festiv al has a histor y of 2000 years. During these2000 yearslots of
Mid-Autumn tradit ionshave been though t up by Chines e people. All the celebr ation s show the happin ess and excite mentof people.
The main celebr ation s during the Mid-Autumn Festiv al are apprec iatin g the moon, eating moon cakestogeth er and making Chines e Mid-Autumn Festiv al lanter ns. Thesethree
celebr ation s have been passed from genera tionto genera tion. Chines e people may thinkthe Mid-Autumn Festiv al is not coming if they don’t do thesethreethings.
In some places in Chinapeople celebr ate the festiv al in differ ent ways. In Chaozh ou, Guangd ong Provin ce, people eat taro （芋头） to celebr ate the festiv al, becaus e the taro harves t occurs at the same time as the festiv al. They eat taro and hope the harves t is good in the next year. In Nanjin g, people cook duck with sweet-scente d（芳香的） osmant hus （桂花）, becaus e Nanjin g people thinksweet-scente d osmant hus is a symbol of peace. In some places people make firesinside a towers to celebr ate the festiv al, becaus e they thinkthe fire is a symbol of good busine ss.
About moonca k es
Moonca kes are the must-eat food for the Mid-Autumn Festiv al. Which kind of mooncak e do you prefer?
Canton ese-stylemoonca kes
Canton ese-stylemoonca kes origin ate (起源于) from SouthChina's Guangd ong Provin ce. The ingred ients（原料） used in the fillin gs are variou s, whichreflec ts （反应） the Guangd ong people's advent urous nature（冒险的本性） in eating. The most used ingred ients includ e lotusseed paste（莲蓉）, ham, chicke n, duck, roastpork, mushro oms, and egg yolks（蛋黄）. Canton ese-stylemoonca kes tastesweet.
Suzhou-stylemoonca kes
Suzhou-stylemoonca kes are also called Su-stylemoonca kes for short. Su-stylemoonca kes appear ed more than a thousa nd yearsago. They are well knownthroug houtChinafor theirlayers（层）of flakydough（酥面团）and lots of sugarand lard(猪油). Thereare both sweetand savory（美味的）tastes amongSuzhou-stylemoonca kes.
Answer the follow i ng questi ons to form a passag e about Mi d-autumn Day.
1. When do we celebr ate Mid-autumn Day?
2. How do we celebr ate it?
3. Why do we celebr ate it?
4. What’s the tradition (传统) in your family for this festiv al?。