After some trivia games to see how well everyone paid attention, our team and students are well acquainted and ready to start the celebration.Īfter having our fill of fresh fruit, mooncakes, Chinese tea and other tasty treats, the celebration may transition to a grand game of charades. We learn about about the history of the holiday and its age-old traditions. The evening starts out with an informative presentation given by one of CLI’s teachers. CLI’s students and teachers, as well as Chinese students from our university partner, Guangxi Normal University, share a wonderful, fun-packed evening of games, food and music.
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On the rooftop under the full moonĮach 中秋节 (Zhōngqiū jié), the Chinese Language Institute (CLI) hosts a Mid-Autumn Festival party on the rooftop of the CLI Center, overlooking the beautiful scenery of Guilin. As such, each year CLI organizes a variety of activities for our community. 中秋节 (Zhōngqiū jié) is a time for friends and family to gather and celebrate the coming harvest season. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time to gather with family and friends and give thanks for a bountiful harvest. It is with this sadness that Chinese people look at the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival remembering all their loved ones that they are separated from throughout the year. She has been on the moon ever since and will be there until the end of time. The brave warrior smote down his enemy swiftly, but was too late to grab hold of his lover as she slowly levitated to the moon. Seeing no other choice, his lover drank the potion herself and began to float away up to the heavens. It was not until, in a stroke of pure evil did the warrior's arch nemesis attempt to steal the elixir and drink it for himself.Īs the warrior was not at home, his lover was left to protect the elixir from this wretched evil. He chose to stay on earth with his lover but he still graciously accepting the elixir as a token of gratitude. A beautiful ending indeed, but this brave warrior’s heart belonged to one of the fairest women in all the land, Chang'e. With this bow he was able to shoot eight of the nines suns out of the sky, saving the world and all its people.Īs a reward, the king gave the brave warrior a special elixir that, after drinking, would send him to the heavens for all of eternity. He was summoned by the emperor and was given a magical bow. Our planet-too hot and too dry-was simply not conducive to human life.įortunately for the human race, a brave warrior named Houyi who was extremely skilled with a bow and arrow came into being. An abbreviated version of the story used to explain the origins of this important holiday goes as follows:Ī very long time ago, nine blazing suns shone bright in the earth's sky. Unsurprisingly, the Mid-Autumn Festival is no different. Storytelling is an essential part of Chinese culture and many traditional holidays have stories and fables associated with them.
Members of the CLI family celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together.
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