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**New: Move your cursor on the greens, you'll see the traditional Chinese characters. Well, it's one of my favorite festivals - "Zhōngqiū Jié" ( Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival ), falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Why? Because those mooncakes and pomelos! But most importantly, being together with our love and family while enjoying all kinds of fine food and appreciating the beautiful full moon.
There are different versions of stories behind the festival. Please click on the links above to visit.
One of the fun things to do is to make pomelo hat for your pets, kids or yourself, visit here, here and here. Pomelo hat creation, visit here.
The best song for this day is of course "Yuèliàng Dàibiǎo Wǒde Xīn " (The Moon Represents My Heart). Visit HERE. But I'll post another song next time. Vocabularies of the day:
Zhōngqiū Jié: Mid-Autumn Festival Zhōngqiū Jié kuàilè: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival yuèbǐng: mooncake yòuzi: pomelo yòuzimào: pomelo hat
Conversation of the day:
Nǚhái ( The girl ): Yuèliàng hǎo měi a! ( The moon is so beautiful! ) Nánhái ( The boy ): Wǒ dài nǐ qù! ( I'll take you there! ) Nǚhái ( The girl ): Zhēn de ma? ( Really? ) Yuèliàng ( The moon ): Zhù nǐ yǒu gè měihǎo de Zhōngqiū! ( Wish you have a fine Mid-Autumn Festival! )
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In Taiwan, we show our appreciation to our teachers mostly with cards. There's also festival celebration in the temples of Confuciusaround the island and overseas, known as the "Grand Ceremony Dedicated to Confucius" or "Confucius Memorial Service". Confucius is known as "Zhìshèngxiānshī" (The Most Sage Venerated Late Teacher) and also "Wànshìshībiǎo" (Role Model for Teachers through the Ages). His teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced many Asian people's thoughts and life. Below is a video of one of the "Confucius Memorial Service" in Taipei Confucius Temple and one in San Francisco in 2008.
Video title: "Taiwan Hongguan Dianshi TMACTV Jikongdadian" ( Taiwan Macroview TV TMACTV Confucius Memorial Ceremony) The 3 Chinese characters on the screen before you play the video: "Bayiwu" ( Eight-Row Dance). CLICK HERE then scroll down to "Worship" section to see the detail.
Xuesheng men: Qinai de laoshi Jiaoshijie kuaile! ( Students: Dear teacher, Happy Teachers' Day! ) Laoshi: Xiexie nimen! ( Teacher: Thanks to you all! ) Xuesheng men: Zhe shi song gei nin de kapian.( Students: This is a card for you.)Laoshi: Wa! Xiexie nimen de kapian! ( Teacher: Wow! Thanks for your card! )
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I'll be sharing a song "Grateful Heart" in the next post. Stay tuned!
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There's a special day coming up=> Chinese Valentine's Day (Double Seventh Day, Double Seventh Festival) is also known as Qixi Festival!
It falls on August 26 this year which is 4 days away! It's calledDouble Seventh Day because it's on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar.
There's a beautiful love story about this day. You can read it Here.
How many roses would you like to prepare for this special day? How about a large bouquet of 999 pieces of roses? Check out Here.
Here's a calendar that is showing Chinese lunar dates:
Here's a little explanation and the pinyin for the Chinese characters on the calendar:
Conversation of the day ( pinyin & translation ): A: Ni hao piaoliang. (You are so beautiful) B: Xiexie ni! (Thank you!) A: Bu keqi. (You are welcome.) A: Wo ai ni. (I love you.) B: Wo ye ai ni. (I love you, too.) A: Qingren Jie quile! (Happy Valentine's Day!) B: Qingren Jie quile! (Happy Valentine's Day!)
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I'll be sharing a love song in the next post. Stay tuned!
