Life & English: “Mid-Autumn Festival”

Mid-Autumn is a tradition festival. On the autumn night of full moon, children play traditional games. In some rural areas, it is generally held for children together the procession lights going across the countryside, neighbors, neighborhood during the night. Children parade on the streets, sing and carry colorful lanterns of different sizes. Dances are also traditional and include the dragon dance and the flower dance.

While the children are playing, parents arrange banquet. The fruits, typical food of the occasion are bananas and cereal, fruit market, red and pink pickled green, few custard-apple and grapefruit is indispensable to this day. Look up the Moon, can see a clear image of a sunspot can people sitting under trees ancient appetites, and children believe that it is the original Uncle Pebble sitting Banyan tree.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a tradition very meaningful. On this occasion, people buy cakes, tea and wine to ancestors, or as grandparents, parents, teachers, friends, relatives and other benefactors. And it is a good opportunity for children expressed his gratitude to her parents and extended this care in the lives of each other. Therefore, the more love family more closely.

Author: Nguyen Ngoc Huyen

Editor: Maria Aili

Wider World Language Center, widerworld.edu.vn