1、May we all be blessed with longevity Though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.,How long will the full moon appear?Wine cup in hand, I ask the sky.I do not know what time of the yearTwould be tonight in the palace on high.Riding the wind, there I would fly,Yet Im a
2、fraid the crystalline palace would beToo high and cold for me.I rise and dance, with my shadow I play.On high as on earth, would it be as gay?The moon goes round themansionsredThrough gauze-draped window soft to shedHer light upon thesleeplessbed.Why then when people part, is the oft full and bright
3、?Men have sorrow and joy; they part or meet again;The moon is bright or dim and she may wax orwane.There has been nothing perfect since the olden days.So let us wish that manWill live long as he can!Though miles apart, well share the beauty she displays.,明月几时有？把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。
4、起舞弄清影，何似在人间。转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。,水调歌头,The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in October in Gregorian calendar.The festival has a long history. In ancient China, emperors followed the rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in
5、 spring and to the moon in autumn. Historical books of the Zhou Dynasty had had the word Mid-Autumn. Later aristocrats and literary figures helped expand the ceremony to common people. They enjoyed the full, bright moon on that day, worshipped it and expressed their thoughts and feelings under it. B
6、y the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the Mid-Autumn Festival had been fixed, which became even grander in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). In the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, it grew to be a major festival of China.,origin,The custom of scholars to celebrate the moon festival from months, s
7、erious joyous ritual became easy. Mooncake activities around the beginning of civil Wei and Jin Dynasties, but immature habits. The Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wan Yue prevailed, read by many poets in the poem Ode to the Moon has. Until the time of Song, has formed a full moon in the acti
8、vity center for the Mid-Autumn Festival Folk Festival, officially designated as Mid-Autumn Festival. And Chinese different from the Song moon is more a sense of things sad, often Teenage moon and new moon, Yu human events, even if moon night, the moons clear light also could not conceal the Song of
9、sadness,enjoy the moonlight,Once upon a time, a man named Hou Yi, he has a beautiful wife named Change. One day, he became hunting, met the Queen Mother, the first to seek immortality, the dose of immortality, we will be able to immediately immortal. When Ho was reluctant wife put in the possession
10、of immortality underneath his pillow. Three days later, he became hunting again. She was not taking advantage of Hou Yi, immortality Tundao the stomach and immediately flew to the Moon became cents,lanternriddles,Riddle1:Whichisfaster,hotorcold?,Riddle2:Whatsfullofholesbutstillholdswater?,Riddle3:Wh
11、atmancannotliveinahouse?,Riddle4:Howdoweknowtheoceanisfriendly?,Riddle5:Whatbookhasthemoststirringchapters?,Riddle6:Whatbuildinghasthemoststories?,Answer:Hotsfaster.YoucancatchacoldAnswer:aspongeAnswer:snowmanAnswer:ItwavesAnswer:AcookbookAnswer:Alibrary,Mooncake,Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Ear
12、th once had 10 suns circling it.One day all 10 suns appeared at once, scorching the planet with their heat.It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved.He shot down all but one of the suns.As his reward, the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality, but
13、 she warned him that he must use it wisely.Hou Yi ignored her advice and, corrupted by fame and fortune, became a tyrannical leader.Chang-Er, his beautiful wife, could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath.And thus beg
14、an the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon, the Moon Fairy.,广式月饼：Cantonese-style mooncake苏式月饼：Suzhou-style mooncake京式月饼：Beijing-style mooncake冰皮月饼：Snow skin mooncake低糖月饼：Low-sugar mooncake无脂月饼：fat-free mooncake豆沙：Sweet bean paste mooncake枣泥：Jujube paste mooncake五仁：Five kernel mooncake莲蓉：Lotus
15、seed paste mooncake,Mid-autumn day/Mid-autumn Festival中秋节关于美食mooncake月饼minimooncake迷你月饼mooncakes with meat/nuts肉馅/果仁月饼ham mooncake火腿月饼grapefruit/pomelo/shaddock柚子glue pudding汤圆关于活动light lantern点灯笼carry the lantern around提灯笼fire dragon dances火龙舞family reunion家庭团聚/圆come out to watch the full moonto celebrate the festival到户外赏月,Thank you!,
