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    During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families celebrate by gazing at the full moon while carrying lanterns and enjoying mooncakes. The round and bright full moon symbolizes reunion and completeness. According to a Chinese legend, the moon goddess Chang'e lives on the moon after drinking an elixir of immortality to save people from the tyrannical king Hou Yi, who had become power hungry after saving the earth from extreme heat by shooting down nine of ten suns in the sky.

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    During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families celebrate by gazing at the full moon while carrying lanterns and enjoying mooncakes. The round and bright full moon symbolizes reunion and completeness. According to a Chinese legend, the moon goddess Chang'e lives on the moon after drinking an elixir of immortality to save people from the tyrannical king Hou Yi, who had become power hungry after saving the earth from extreme heat by shooting down nine of ten suns in the sky.

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    During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families celebrate by gazing at the full moon while carrying lanterns and enjoying mooncakes. The round and bright full moon symbolizes reunion and completeness. According to a Chinese legend, the moon goddess Chang'e lives on the moon after drinking an elixir of immortality to save people from the tyrannical king Hou Yi, who had become power hungry after saving the earth from extreme heat by shooting down nine of ten suns in the sky.

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    Moon Festival

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    During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families celebrate by gazing at the full moon while carrying lanterns and enjoying mooncakes. The round and bright full moon symbolizes reunion and completeness. According to a Chinese legend, the moon goddess Chang'e lives on the moon after drinking an elixir of immortality to save people from the tyrannical king Hou Yi, who had become power hungry after saving the earth from extreme heat by shooting down nine of ten suns in the sky.

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    Mid-Autumn Festival

    During the Mid-Autumn Festival, children are happy to stay up past


    midnight, parading multi-colored lanterns as families take them to
    the streets or city parks to moon-gaze.
    月 The Moon

    The full moon is a symbol for reunion. (to bring


    together)

    On Mid Autumn day, the moon is the roundest and


    brightest- a time of completeness and abundance.
    Have you seen a girl on
    the moon?
    The Legend

    嫦娥 Chang’e & 后羿 Hou Yi the Archer


    Long time ago, 10 suns were in the sky instead of
    one. The extreme heat made life on earth
    unbearable.

    Hou Yi, an expert archer, tried to save the earth.


    He shot down nine of the suns. Everyone was very
    happy and he became an instant hero.

    He eventually became king and married a young

    beautiful girl called 嫦娥 Chang’e.


    However, Hou Yi grew to become a tyrant
    king.
    He wanted immortality by ordering a magic
    potion to prolong his life.

    To save the people from the tyrant king, 嫦娥


    Chang’e found the potion and drank it.

    The moment she drank the potion, she flew


    out of the window and up into the sky, towards
    the moon.
    嫦娥
    It is believed that Chang’e turned
    into the goddess of the moon and lived there
    ever since.
    Vocabulary
    Mid-autumn festival
    a full moon
    moon cakes
    lanterns
    candles
    family dinner
    a star fruit
    a pomelo
    Moon goddess (Chang’e)
    Archer (Hou Yi)
    Are you ready for a fun
    game?
    Chinese Whisper
    Demonstration
    I like to watch the full moon
    on Mid-Autumn Festival.
    P.1
    Mooncakes, mooncakes,
    what can I see?
    P.2
    I like to play with lanterns.
    P.3
    Star fruits are sweet and
    yummy.
    P.4
    Mid-autumn festival is in
    autumn.
    P.5
    Can you see a rabbit on the
    moon?
    P.6
    My favourite festival is the
    Mid-autumn festival.
    Thanks!

    acknowledgement: sources from the internet had been used extensively.

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