2. 8/15 on Lunar Calendar is
one important day for Chinese.
I t ’s Mid Autumn
F e s t i v a l .
Pe o p l e w i l l c e l e b ra t e g o o d
harvest at the day. Admire the
moon with their family at night.
Full moon symbolizing family
reunion in Chinese tradition. It’s
the reason why Chinese cherish this
d a y s o m u c h .
4. In ancient China, we had 10 Sun
God. They shine the earth by turns.
However, one day, they decided to
play together. This decision results a
very bad consequence .
The land was burning. Water
depletion. Thousands of people dead.
The world became the Living Hell.
5. Hou Yi, the warrior was very
angry. He took the magic bow as
weapon and then climb onto the
highest mountain. Finally, he killed 9
Sun Gods and saved the world.
People demanded him to be the
emperor because of his brave and
kindness behavior. In addition, the
Heavenly Queen Mother gave him the
Elixir of life as the reward.
Power tends to corrupt. The
hero became a cruel tyrant over time .
6. Chang-O (Hou Yi’s wife), witness
this terrible change. She felt very painful.
In order to save common people, she ate
the Elixir of life to prevent this brutal man
b e c a m e t h e E t e r n a l .
Hou Yi tried to stop his wife. However,
to see Chang-O fly to the moon was
the only thing he could do.
Her sacrifice touched everybody.
From then on, people start to worship
the moon, to worship the kind and
beauty goddess, Chang-O.
8. Zhu Yuan Zhang, the
son of peasant wanted to drove the
M o n g o l s o u t o f C h i n a .
His armies were hided in different
places. He needed a clever way to
inform them the attacking time.
Liu, his close The military orders
advisor finally were hided in the
came up with a moon cakes .
brilliant idea. And arranged 8/15
to start the war.
9. A t t h e e n d o f t h e w a r, t h e y
successfully overthrew the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu became the emperor and set up
Ming Dynasty at last.
People ate moon cakes to
celebrate the great victory. As time
go es by, it became o ne o f the
C h i n e s e t r a d i t i o n s .
10. Pomelo is the occasional fruit. And its
pronunciation in Chinese means "bless the children“.
BBQ with dear family m embers and
friends. Have fun time under moonlight.
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