{"id":2569,"date":"2022-09-12T07:55:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:26:55","slug":"mid-autumn-festival-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/2022\/09\/12\/mid-autumn-festival-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The fifteenth day of the eighth Chinese lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a celebration that focuses on the moon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In China, aside from the Spring Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the most important festival symbolizing reunion. The roundness of the full moon expresses people\u2019s desire for a wholesome happy family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by having a large dinner with family, worshiping the moon with gifts, traveling, viewing lantern shows, eating mooncakes, and flying lanterns to pray for their happiness and the happiness of their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the Program in Asian Studies organized a large dinner for students to celebrate this traditional Chinese festival. Students who are learning Chinese or are Chinese native speakers enjoyed a great meal of hotpot, mooncakes, and other Chinese dishes. \u201cWe are like a big family!\u201d said Leia Gallego Calle, a student from Chinese-201 class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning this semester, the Asian Studies Program will be sponsoring a semester-long series of Friday night activities from movie nights to workshops led by fellow Bates students sharing their own hobbies such as Chinese calligraphy and dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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